Richard W. Sears House, 305 Main Street North, Stewartville, Minnesota

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Richard W. Sears House
Address:	305 Main Street N
City/locality- State/province	Stewartville, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Olmsted County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Year built:	1860
Historic Function:	Single Dwelling"Single Dwelling" is not in the list (House/single dwelling or duplex, Airport terminal, Apartments/condominiums, Auditorium/music facility, Bank/financial institution, Barn/agricultural building, Business, Capitol, City hall/town hall/, Civic, ...) of allowed values for the "Historic function" property.
Current Function:	Museum
Builder:	Nicholas Gaskigar

Stewartville Olmsted

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Richard W. Sears House, 305 Main Street North, Stewartville, Minnesota
(43.856724° N, 92.488491° W)

305 Main Street North is attributed to being the childhood home of Richard Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck Company.

History

James Sears, father of Richard Sears, was an early pioneer of Stewartville. He worked as a blacksmith. The family lived in this house until 1869 when they moved to nearby Spring Valley.

Notes

Hanson, Krista Finstad. Minnesota Open House: A Guide to Historic House Museums. 1st. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.