The Alfred R. Voss Farmstead is a historic farm in

Rosendale Township, Minnesota Rosendale Township is a township in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census. Rosendale Township was organized in 1869, and named after Rosendale, Wisconsin, the former home of an early settler. Geograp ...

, United States. It was established in the early 1880s by Alfred R. Voss (1860–1952) and grew to become one of the largest private farming operations in late-19th-century southern

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. Its stock barn, built 1893–1896, is one of the largest and most elaborate barns in the state. The farm was listed on the

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in 1988 for its local significance in the themes of agriculture and architecture. It was nominated for its size, its unusually large and impressive buildings, and its associations with Voss, a land speculator instrumental in the settlement of

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and later one of the area's most prominent farmers.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Alfred R., Farmstead 1893 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Watonwan County, Minnesota Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Watonwan County, Minnesota

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