Comstock House


Solomon Gilman Comstock House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	506 8th Street South Moorhead, Minnesota
Coordinates	46°52′9″N 96°46′5″W / 46.86917°N 96.76806°W / 46.86917; -96.76806Coordinates: 46°52′9″N 96°46′5″W / 46.86917°N 96.76806°W / 46.86917; -96.76806
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1882–3
Architect	Kees & Finch
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Other, Queen Anne-Eastlake
MPS	Clay County MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference #	74001011^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1974

The Comstock House is a historic house museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It is the restored home of U.S. Congressman and businessman Solomon Comstock with its original furnishings.The house is run by a partnership between the Minnesota Historical Society and the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.^[2]

The house has two stories and eleven rooms and was designed by architecture firm Kees and Fisk. Construction was completed between 1882 and 1883, and the architecture is a combination of Queen Anne style and that of English designer Charles Eastlake.^[3]

In 1965 George and Frances Comstock gave the house to the Minnesota Historical Society, and starting in 1976, the house was restored to its original late 19th-century style.^[3]

The Comstock House in 1885, shortly after completion

Reception room or small parlor to left of front door ca. 1900

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Comstock House". mnhs.org. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
1 2 "Moorhead's Comstock A Story of Restoration" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-31.

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