Daniel S. Piper House

	Daniel S. Piper House
	Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The farmstead complex in 2021
	Location within Minnesota Location within the United States
Location	County Highway 45, Medford, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°10′1.3″N 93°14′47″W / 44.167028°N 93.24639°W
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1877
Architectural style	Greek Revival/Italianate
NRHP reference No.	75001028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1975
Removed from NRHP	April 13, 2026

The Daniel S. Piper House is a historic farmstead complex in Medford, Minnesota, United States. Consisting of an interconnected house, summer kitchen, shed, and barn, it is Minnesota's only known surviving example of a property type imported by settlers from New England. The Piper House complex was built in 1877.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 for having state-level significance in the themes of agriculture, architecture, and exploration/settlement.^[3] It was nominated for being the only surviving example of a distinctive property type and for being a symbol of Minnesota's many New Englander pioneers.^[2]

A new owner purchased the property in 2021, and asked the city to change the zoning of the property so he could demolish the buildings and build mini storage units on the site. In January 2024, the owner asked the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office about the possibility of removing the property from the National Register, but the request was denied. The barn collapsed in mid-November of 2024. In 2025, the owner again contacted the State Historic Preservation Office asking for the structure to be removed from the National Register, citing further deterioration.^[4] The property was delisted in April 2026.

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 Lutz, Thomas (December 20, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Piper, Daniel S., House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
↑ "Piper, Daniel S., House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
↑ "Daniel Piper House in Medford". Forgotten Minnesota. December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2026.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Lutz-2] 1 2 Lutz, Thomas (December 20, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Piper, Daniel S., House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[3] "Piper, Daniel S., House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[forgotten-4] "Daniel Piper House in Medford". Forgotten Minnesota. December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2026.

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