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Wakefield House, Blue Earth, MN

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Wakefield House

Blue Earth house built in the late 1860s, now an office and museum space run by the Faribault County Historical Society.

405 E. 6th St., Blue Earth, MN 56013 · Blue Earth, MN

About Wakefield House

The Wakefield House in Blue Earth was bought by the Faribault County Historical Society in 1949 to serve as a county museum. Built by James B. Wakefield, a politician who later served in Congress, the nine-room Italianate home holds many items that document county history. It now serves as the society's office, and visitors can tour its rooms and see household objects from earlier times.

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  • #county history
  • #Italianate architecture
  • #Blue Earth
  • #Faribault County

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