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John Baumgartner, a native of Bavaria, purchased this property in Erin Township in 1856 and became one of Fraser's first landowners. Around 1866, he and his wife, Samantha, moved here with the first three of their seven children. In 1875 they built this house in the Rundbogenstil, or round arch mode, a German architectural style popularized in the United States from the 1840s through the 1860s. Its rounded windows, square plan, and perfect symmetry reflect that style, and the farm included outbuildings and orchards.
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