Volstead, Andrew John, House
Historic house in Minnesota, United States in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Built 1878. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Andrew John Volstead House is the historic house in Granite Falls, Minnesota, of ten-term United States Congressman Andrew Volstead (1859–1947). It is now managed as a museum and the organizational headquarters of the Granite Falls Historical Society. Volstead became nationally synonymous with Prohibition in 1919 when, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he was obliged to author the Volstead Act, enabling enforcement of the recently ratified Eighteenth Amendment. Volstead was a moderate progressive who coauthored the Capper–Volstead Act in 1922, which legalized agricultural cooperatives.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 163 9th Ave., Granite Falls, MN |
| County | Yellow Medicine County |
| Listed | Dec 30, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001046 |
| Built | 1878 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 163 9th Ave., Granite Falls, MN |
| Coordinates | 44.80911, -95.53953 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Pipestone National Monument · 67 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001046. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.