BUILDING AND HOUSE HISTORY
State Archives and Manuscripts
Suggested resources to aid your research:
- Survey of Architectural Sources in the Manuscript Collections. [A bibliography.]
- Tax and assessment records. [Records that list owners and the valuation of property.]
- Architects' Small House Service Bureau Collection. [Standard house plans built in the 1920s.]
- The WPA Historic Buildings Survey. [Information about Minnesota structures. See the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 313-316, 323-324). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.]
- Minnesota's National Register Properties.
- Ramsey County Historic Building Survey. [Conducted in the early 1980s. Hubbs Room, Microfilm M464.]
- St. Paul Valuation Department Building Assessment and Project files. [For St. Paul building research.]
- Collections of business and organizational records and Family and personal papers. [May include visual and written information about buildings and homes.]
- State and Federal census records. [For information about the family.]
An 1868 assessor's book for Featherstone Township in Goodhue County.
Assessment rolls for real property (land) include the property owner's name; legal land description (township, range, section, lot); building and land values used to provide estimated market value; classification and assessed value of each parcel of property. Assessment rolls also exist for personal property and include the property owner's name with assessed value for such items as livestock, jewelry, furniture, household and farm items, and other personal belongings. Tax lists include only summary financial information and indicate the actual amount of taxes paid on each person's real and personal property.
