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Historic house in Iowa, United States United States historic place


Chris Larsen House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	4215 Main St. Elk Horn, Iowa
Coordinates	41°35′37″N 95°03′39″W / 41.59361°N 95.06083°W / 41.59361; -95.06083
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908
MPS	Ethnic Historic Settlement of Shelby and Audubon Counties MPS
NRHP reference No.	91001456
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1991

The Chris Larsen House is a historic residence located in Elk Horn, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The historic importance of the house is its association with Danish immigration into Shelby and Audubon counties from 1865 to 1924. It is also the best example in the area of the frame, gabled double-pile house type. It follows a basic foursquare plan with a broad eave-front gabled roof with a broad central gabled dormer, and symmetrical fenestration on the facade. This type of house construction was popular in the local Danish immigrant community from the 1890s into the 1910s. Chris Larsen, who had this house built in 1908, was a local merchant who immigrated to the United States in 1890. He and his wife Amanda had three children, and they had several boarders living with them as well.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Leah Rogers. "Chris Larsen House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-14. with four photos from c. 1991

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Iowa
Defiance	George Rewerts House
Elk Horn	Jens Otto Christiansen House Chris Larsen House
Harlan	Floral Hall Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District St. Paul's Episcopal Church Shelby County Courthouse
Irwin	Irwin Consolidated School Pleasant View Stock Farm Historic District
Jacksonville	Chris Poldberg Farmstead
Shelby	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Stone Arch Viaduct Shelby Consolidated School
Westphalia	Saint Boniface Catholic Church District
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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