National Register of Historic Places

Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House

Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Listed
November 28, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78001545

About this property

The Riley Lucas Bartholomew House is a historic house museum in Richfield, Minnesota, United States, originally the home of prominent early Minnesotan Riley Bartholomew (1807–1894). The Richfield Historical Society operates the house as the Bartholomew House Museum adjacent to their Richfield History Center. In 1852, when Fort Snelling was greatly reduced in size, the area that would become the city of Richfield became available for settlement. Bartholomew came to the area and filed a claim on the shores of Wood Lake. He proceeded to build the two-story section of the home with local lumber, using white pine for the floors. His wife, Fanny, and two children joined him in the spring of 1853. Soon after the construction of the house, two additions were added by moving two single story dwellings from near Minnehaha Falls and adding them on to the house. Bartholomew went on to become influential in local politics as a member of the Republican Constitutional Convention which framed the Minnesota Constitution in 1857. He also represented District Four in the Minnesota Senate. Bartholomew, who earlier in life had risen to the rank of general in the Ohio militia, also joined a company of volunteers during the Dakota War of 1862. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for local significance in military and politics/government for its association with Riley Bartholomew. National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota Richfield Historical Society Archived November 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

Location

6901 Lyndale Ave., S.
Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota
44.87723, -93.28838

Categories

MILITARYPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
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Sources

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When was Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House listed on the National Register?

Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1978.

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Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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