Valdres House, Decorah, IA
Decorah, IA (Winneshiek County)
Vesterheim Heritage Park on Vesterheim’s campus includes 12 historic buildings in an open-air setting. The buildings depict the story of immigration, showcasing life in Norway in the 1800s and then life for immigrants in America. The park is a forested area, interspersed with glade-like openings that act as outdoor rooms.
Valdres House
Øystre Slidre, Valdres, Norway (1795)
A modest landowner’s home (1795) built with traditional labor-intensive log construction methods. Five of six children raised in this house left for frontiers in the United States and Canada at the height of emigration in the late 1800s. The house was moved from Norway to Vesterheim in 1975. (1)
References (1) Vesterheim vesterheim.org/exhibit/egge-koren-house/
Valdres House, Decorah, IA
Decorah, IA (Winneshiek County)
Vesterheim Heritage Park on Vesterheim’s campus includes 12 historic buildings in an open-air setting. The buildings depict the story of immigration, showcasing life in Norway in the 1800s and then life for immigrants in America. The park is a forested area, interspersed with glade-like openings that act as outdoor rooms.
Valdres House
Øystre Slidre, Valdres, Norway (1795)
A modest landowner’s home (1795) built with traditional labor-intensive log construction methods. Five of six children raised in this house left for frontiers in the United States and Canada at the height of emigration in the late 1800s. The house was moved from Norway to Vesterheim in 1975. (1)
References (1) Vesterheim vesterheim.org/exhibit/egge-koren-house/