1917 Danish farm home moves to Harriman-Nielsen property

Traffic in Franklin County last Wednesday had to slow down a little to allow a piece of county farming history to travel to its new home.
A crew from Aylsworth Moving, out of Wadena, Iowa, moved a Danish farm home built in 1917 from a plot of land 11 miles southwest of Hampton on Jonquil Avenue to its new spot on the Harriman-Nielsen Historic Farm property. Sitting across the street from the farm on 10th Street NW, the house will serve as a welcome center and Danish farming museum.
Berry Johnson, Harriman Nielsen Historic Farm board member, said that the home will be restored to its appearance when it was first built and then filled with Danish farming artifacts from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Once complete, Johnson said it will be called the Paulsen-Jorgenson Danish Farm Home, named after the families who built and eventually donated the home.
“A gift of gratitude”
Johnson said the process to get the house to the farm property began nearly two years ago when Michael Jorgenson, grandchild of the original builders of the home, offered it the Harriman-Nielsen farm.
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