Pierre Bottineau House

Built in 1854 by Pierre Bottineau in the area once called Bottineau's Prairie, this house is closely associated with a Métis guide and settler whose life linked Indigenous communities, trade routes, and early European American settlement in the region. It served as his family home and is notable as Maple Grove's first wood-framed house, combining heavy timber framing with early balloon-frame construction in a Greek Revival design. Converted to a granary in 1908, it survived through changing uses and multiple moves. Since 2009, it has stood in Elm Creek Park Reserve as a restored historic site interpreting Bottineau's household, work, and regional significance.

Maple Grove, Minnesota · United States