Color photograph showing the original front entrance to the Woodbury House when it was owned by the Weaver family, 1993. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society photograph collection. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Woodbury House

Color photograph showing the original front entrance to the Woodbury House when it was owned by the Weaver family, 1993. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society photograph collection. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Woodbury House, 1632 South Ferry Street, Anoka, 1973.

Woodbury House

Woodbury House, 1632 South Ferry Street, Anoka, 1973.

The Woodbury House as seen from the Rum River side, ca. 1930s. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2074.1.3. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Woodbury House

The Woodbury House as seen from the Rum River side, ca. 1930s. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2074.1.3. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

The stone fence added to the Woodbury House property by the Caswell family in 1911. Both the vehicle and pedestrian gates are visible, opening onto an unpaved Ferry Street. Photographer and exact date unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2074.1.5. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Stone fence around Woodbury House

The stone fence added to the Woodbury House property by the Caswell family in 1911. Both the vehicle and pedestrian gates are visible, opening onto an unpaved Ferry Street. Photographer and exact date unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2074.1.5. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Mary D. Woodbury Caswell, ca. 1880. Mary grew up in the Woodbury House with her brother, and inherited it from her mother in 1908. She and her husband, Irving Caswell, raised their son there. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 3000.4.32-B. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society

Mary D. Woodbury Caswell

Mary D. Woodbury Caswell, ca. 1880. Mary grew up in the Woodbury House with her brother, and inherited it from her mother in 1908. She and her husband, Irving Caswell, raised their son there. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 3000.4.32-B. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society

The Rum River side and enclosed porch of the Woodbury House, 1993. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 3000.4.32-B. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Woodbury House

The Rum River side and enclosed porch of the Woodbury House, 1993. Photographer unknown. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 3000.4.32-B. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Woodbury House, Anoka

The Woodbury House is the second-oldest extant house in the city of Anoka. It served as a home to several families from the time of its construction until the mid-2000s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. In 2020, it is owned by the City of Anoka and leased to the Mad Hatter Tea Room restaurant.

Thorstein Veblen home interior (furnished), Nerstrand, Minnesota, ca. 2011.

Veblen home interior

Thorstein Veblen home interior (furnished), Nerstrand, Minnesota, ca. 2011.

Thorstein Veblen home interior, ca. 2010. Nerstrand, Minn.

Veblen home interior

Thorstein Veblen home interior, ca. 2010. Nerstrand, Minn.

Thorstein Veblen Farmstead

The Thorstein Veblen Farmstead is a historic landmark in Nerstrand, Minnesota. From 1866 until 1888, it was the primary home of Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), a son of Norwegian immigrants who would become a world-renowned economist and social scientist. His most famous work, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), introduced the term “conspicuous consumption.” The ten-acre farmstead was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and designated a National Historical Landmark in 1981.

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