The Lewis Anderson House, Barn and Granary is a historic ensemble of buildings, currently located in

The Dalles, Oregon The Dalles is the largest city of Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the largest city on the Oregon side of the Columbia River between the Portland Metropolitan Area, and Hermiston ...

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. This well-preserved set of 1890s

Swedish American Swedish Americans ( sv, svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedes, Swedish ancestry. They include the 1.2 million Swedish immigrants during 1865–1915, who formed tight-knit communities, as well as their descendants and more recent immigrants. ...

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was originally located on a

farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

on Pleasant Ridge, south of The Dalles. Lewis Anderson was a Swedish

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who, after establishing himself on Pleasant Ridge, worked semi-successfully to encourage further Swedish settlement in the area of The Dalles. The sidehill

barn A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.Allen G. ...

, with grade entrances on two levels, was the first erected of the ensemble, in 1890. The

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was built by Anderson and fellow Swedish immigrant Ab Pearson in 1895. Anderson purchased and relocated the

granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animal ...

from a neighboring farm in 1898, in the process repurposing it from its previous function as a house.. The buildings were relocated to The Dalles in 1972 in order to restore and protect them, and were made part of the

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Museum at that time. They were entered onto the

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in 1980."Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", (February 3, 1981), at 10657.

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* * * {{National Register of Historic Places Oregon Buildings and structures in The Dalles, Oregon Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Wasco County, Oregon Houses completed in 1895 Museums in Wasco County, Oregon Historic house museums in Oregon Vernacular architecture in Oregon Houses completed in 1890 Swedish-American culture in Oregon 1890 establishments in Oregon Houses in The Dalles, Oregon Relocated buildings and structures in Oregon

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