page_title: Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn
hierarchical_section_title: Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn
caption_attribution_description: English: Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn, 8162 Comet Rd, Waasa Township, Minnesota, USA. Viewed from the southwest. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 90000771
context_page_description: The Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn is a rare surviving example of a log housebarn constructed by Finnish Americans, located in Waasa Township, Minnesota, United States. It was built in two stages from about 1907 to about 1913. The housebarn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its national significance in the themes of architecture and European ethnic heritage. It was nominated for being an example of a rare building type and for embodying the settlement and traditional log architecture of rural St. Louis County's Finnish American farmers.
  The Seitaniemi Housebarn is owned and maintained by SISU Heritage Inc., a non-profit organization based in nearby Embarrass, Minnesota. It is a primary stop on the Finnish-American Homestead Tours offered in summers through the Embarrass Information Center.
context_section_description: The Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn is a rare surviving example of a log housebarn constructed by Finnish Americans, located in Waasa Township, Minnesota, United States.  It was built in two stages from about 1907 to about 1913.  The housebarn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its national significance in the themes of architecture and European ethnic heritage.  It was nominated for being an example of a rare building type and for embodying the settlement and traditional log architecture of rural St. Louis County's Finnish American farmers.
  The Seitaniemi Housebarn is owned and maintained by SISU Heritage Inc., a non-profit organization based in nearby Embarrass, Minnesota.  It is a primary stop on the Finnish-American Homestead Tours offered in summers through the Embarrass Information Center.
caption: The Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn from the southwest
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