Hooper–Bowler–Hillstrom House
Belle Plaine, Minnesota, listed on the NRHP in Minnesota
The Hooper–Bowler–Hillstrom House is a historic house museum in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, United States. The original section of the house was built around 1871. The second owner built an addition in the late 1880s that includes a two-story outhouse connected to the house via a skyway. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. It was nominated for being Scott County's best preserved 19th-century frame house and for its successive ownership by two prominent local businessmen.
Description
The Hooper–Bowler–Hillstrom House is a two-story frame building with white clapboard siding. The original section bears elements of simplified Italianate architecture in its cubical massing, shallow hip roof, and narrow windows. The south elevation of this section has a large bay window on the ground floor. Shortly after the original construction, a 1½-story wing was added to the north and integrated into the earlier section with a full-length porch along the eastern elevation.
A two-story, gable roofed addition was built onto the west side of the original section in the late 1880s, along with the two-story outhouse.
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