Lysgard
Home and Summer Kitchen
In
1870,
Andrew
and
Mary
Lysgard,
Norwegian
immigrants,
built
and
lived
in
a
Dugout-Sod
home,
in
Delafield
Township.
In
1873,
they
built
the
center
section
of
the
current
home
where
they
raised
three
daughters.
In
1890,
the
parlor
and
additional
bedroom
was
added
and
in
1895 they added
the
kitchen
area.
They
and
their
descendants
lived
in
it
until
1958,
the
kitchen.
Lysgard
descendants
lived
in
the
home
until
1958.
Until
relocating
in
2000
to
Fort
Belmont
Park,
the
house
was
maintained
as
a
family
museum
near
Wilder,
MN.
Interior
surfaces
had
been
painted
only
once
or
twice
from
1873
until
restoration
in
2001 using colors
closely
matched
to
original.
The
summer
kitchen,
built
in
1900,
was
the
site
of
canning,
drying,
smoking,
pickling,
butchering,
summer
cooking
along
with
laundry
and
soap
making.
Early
pioneers
produced
almost
all
of
their
own
food,
consequently,
much
time
was
spent
in
preservation
of
food
for
winter
months
