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Carstens Farmstead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	South of Shelby on Iowa Highway 168
Coordinates	41°28′57″N 95°27′22″W / 41.48250°N 95.45611°W / 41.48250; -95.45611
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
NRHP reference No.	79000932
Added to NRHP	July 10, 1979

The Carstens Farmstead is a collection of historic buildings located south of Shelby, Iowa, United States. Johan Carstens was a German immigrant who spent eight years living and working in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Davenport, Iowa before settling in Pottawattamie County in 1871, where he established this farm. He bought 160 acres (65 ha) of land from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and continued to farm it until he and his wife retired in 1905. The farm remained in the Carstens family until 1977, when the last of the 80 acres (32 ha) was donated to the Pottawattamie County Historical Society. The farm buildings include: the original farmhouse (1872), the 1888 farmhouse with the summer kitchen, an outhouse, garage (1917), granary (1898), horse and dairy barn (1886), beef cattle barn (1903), beef cattle barn (1917), forge and workshop (1910, with additions), windmill (1916), feed shed (1919), hog house (1919), poultry house, machine shed (1920), the cob house (1926), and a corn crib (1930). The buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Lowell J. Soike; M.H. Bowers. "Carstens Farmstead". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-19. with photos

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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Shelby	Carstens Farmstead Eckle Round Barn
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Pottawattamie County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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