Charles Spangenberg Farmstead, human settlement in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States of America
Charles Spangenberg Farmstead is a historic farm in Woodbury with structures built in the late 1800s, including a limestone house from 1871, a large barn built around 1887, and a granary from about 1875. The buildings sit closely together on a small hill and display traditional construction methods using timber framing and locally sourced materials.
Charles Spangenberg was a pioneer who founded this farm with his brother Frederick in the late 1800s using locally quarried limestone for the original house. The farm remained in the family but was sold to the Czikalla family in 1901, who operated a dairy operation and added more structures, before the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The name Spangenberg comes from Charles, the pioneer who established this farm in the late 1800s. The buildings reflect how early settlers built with local materials and practical designs that shaped daily life for farming families.
The site is easy to access, located just off Dale Road, with open fields and room to walk around the various buildings on the property. Visitors can move through the structures and surrounding land to imagine how daily work and life unfolded on this farm over a century ago.
The thick limestone walls of the house, measuring roughly 2 feet (0.6 m) at the base and tapering toward the top, show how settlers built efficiently with local materials. The barn was strategically built into a slope to provide access to different levels for animals and hay storage, a practical design still visible today.
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