Mankato's Historic Preservation Commission toured the oldest home in Mankato, at 129 N. 6th St.
Tom Hagen holds one of the ash boards that was placed at the base of the stone house, in lieu of a foundation, during its 1858 construction.
Local historic preservationist Tom Hagen tells the Mankato Heritage Preservation Committee the story of the oldest home in the city that’s still at its original location on North Sixth Street.
Tom Hagen explains the sleeping arrangements when one of the bedrooms in the historic home at 129 North Sixth Street once held eight boys from a large Irish Catholic family.
Molly Westman, a planning coordinator with the city of Mankato, was part of a tour of the 163-year-old home set to soon be added to the city’s list of historic landmarks.
A two-car garage was added next to the house using beams from an old barn and field stones.
An original brick from one of the house’s interior walls.
The house’s remodeled upstairs bathroom.
The original beams run across the ceiling.
Pat Christman
Photographer for the Mankato Free Press.
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