| Marker Number |
2548 |
| Atlas Number |
5035002548 |
| Marker Title |
Homestead of Knud S. Knudson |
| Index Entry |
Knudson, Knud S., Homestead of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Cranfills Gap |
| County |
Bosque |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
620943 |
| UTM Northing |
3518187 |
| Subject Codes |
farms; Norweigan settlement; pioneers |
| Marker Year |
1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Cranfills Gap, take CR 445 about 6.5 miles east to marker, on south side of highway |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Norwegian immigrant Knud S. Knudson (1830-1910) and his family moved to Bosque County in 1868. He received a state land grant and established a farm at this site. A small log home was erected in the 1860s and was later enlarged with a limestone addition. Knudson and his wife Gunhild (d. 1917) were the parents of eight children. This farmstead, consisting of the family home, two barns, and out buildings, remained in the Knudson family until 1945. It is a fine example of a rural Norwegian vernacular farm complex. (1988) |
