Daniel F. Akin House


Daniel F. Akin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Daniel F. Akin House from the east
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Location	19185 Akin Road, Farmington, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°40′18″N 93°10′18″W / 44.67167°N 93.17167°W / 44.67167; -93.17167Coordinates: 44°40′18″N 93°10′18″W / 44.67167°N 93.17167°W / 44.67167; -93.17167
Built	1856
Architect	Daniel F. Akin
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	79001223^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1979

The Daniel F. Akin House is a ca. 1860 farmhouse, located at 19185 Akin Road, Farmington in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Italianate two-story home built of locally-quarried limestone features a hipped roof with cupola on top. It is an example of the "Country Homes" style of Andrew Jackson Downing, a pioneer in American landscape architecture.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Farmington Heritage Landmarks" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-25.
↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

Features of Dakota County, Minnesota

Communities

Municipalities and communities of Dakota County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Hastings

Cities	Apple Valley Burnsville Coates Eagan Farmington Hampton Hastings‡ Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lilydale Mendota Mendota Heights Miesville New Trier Northfield‡ Randolph Rosemount South St. Paul Sunfish Lake Vermillion West St. Paul

Townships	Castle Rock Douglas Empire Eureka Greenvale Hampton Marshan Nininger Randolph Ravenna Sciota Vermillion Waterford

Unincorporated communities	Castle Rock Etter Eureka Center Waterford

Ghost towns	Lewiston Nininger

Indian reservation	Prairie Island Indian Community‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

People

Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court justice
Natalie Darwitz, Olympic Silver Medalist
Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota's 2nd Lt. Governor
Craig Kilborn, comedian
John Kline, U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
Paul James Krause, NFL Hall of Famer
Joan Kroc, philanthropist
Laura Osnes, actress
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's 39th Governor
Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota's 2nd Governor
Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent
Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota's 1st Governor
Harold Stassen, Minnesota's 25th Governor

Geography

Mississippi River: Adjacent to South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount, and Hastings
Minnesota River: Adjacent to Mendota Heights, Mendota, and Burnsville
Vermillion River: From Farmington through Eureka Township to Hastings

Historic Sites

Industry

Attractions

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota

Lists by county	Aitkin Anoka Becker Beltrami Benton Big Stone Blue Earth Brown Carlton Carver Cass Chippewa Chisago Clay Clearwater Cook Cottonwood Crow Wing Dakota Dodge Douglas Faribault Fillmore Freeborn Goodhue Grant Hennepin Houston Hubbard Isanti Itasca Jackson Kanabec Kandiyohi Kittson Koochiching Lac qui Parle Lake Lake of the Woods Le Sueur Lincoln Lyon Mahnomen Marshall Martin McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Morrison Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles Norman Olmsted Otter Tail Pennington Pine Pipestone Polk Pope Ramsey Red Lake Redwood Renville Rice Rock Roseau Scott Sherburne Sibley St. Louis Stearns Steele Stevens Swift Todd Traverse Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Wilkin Winona Wright Yellow Medicine

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks Voyageurs National Park

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