National Register of Historic Places

McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, House

Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota
Listed
July 18, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90001112

About this property

The Thomas and Bridget Shanahan McMahon House, located at 603 Division St., E., in Faribault, Minnesota was built in 1870–1871, and was listed for its Faribault stone architecture on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1990. It was built by Thomas McMahon, a local quarry owner. Thomas McMahon married Bridget Shanahan in 1849, while they lived in Iowa. The McMahons had 12 children. Three died in infancy. They moved to Faribault in 1856, where Thomas became a quarry owner. He spent $1200 on their house in 1870, and $1000 more finishing it in 1871. The house has a great room and kitchen on floor one and two bedrooms and a bath on floor two. The house originally did not have dormers or an external chimney. It had two internal fireplaces at each east west side. The small porch by the back door is also not original. It originally had a magnificent wooden, hand painted porch on the front. Sometime after 1940, that was lost. Current owners are making an effort to replicate the porch and put it back on.

Location

603 Division St., E.
Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota
44.29024, -93.25866

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Sources

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When was McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, House listed on the National Register?

McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1990.

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McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for McMahon, Thomas Bridget Shanahan, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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