Nelimark Sauna – Embarrass, MN
N 47° 39.755 W 092° 11.734
15T E 560397 N 5279112
The log sauna building is on the Finnish museum grounds in Embarrass, MN.
Waymark Code: WMFKER
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2012
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The log sauna building is on the Finnish museum grounds in Embarrass, MN. There is a sign which tells the history and significance of this building. It reads:
Nelimark Sauna
The most characteristic feature of the Finnish homestead is the sauna (pronounced “sowna”), a place for the family and friends to share what they considered to be the “well-spring” of life and health. To the Finnish homesteaders, the sauna was more than a bath house. It was also used for washing and drying clothes, baking and cooking, butchering and smoking meat and even as a spare bedroom for guests. The sauna was typically the first building built on the farmstead where the family lived until the “big house” was built.
The log sauna of Erick and Kristina Elizabeth Nelimark, built in the 1930’s, was the largest sauna in the Embarrass community. It was a simple little structure, easy to build with poplar or pine logs, readily available in the surrounding forests. The Nelimark sauna was built with hand hewn log walls joined in the corners with double notched joints (ristinurkka or sahanurkka).
National Register of Historic Places.
Street address:
Jct. Twnshp. Rds. 615 and 21
Embarrass, MN USA
55732
County / Borough / Parish: St. Louis
Year listed: 1990
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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