National Register Sites in Sherburne County
View of Fox House in its original condition With May being National Historic Preservation Month, it seems appropriate to talk about one of the five National Register sites in Sherburne County. The most obscure and underappreciated of the sites must be the Herbert Maximillian Fox House. So, we need to look at this structure to appreciate the impact and influence the site provides. The original owner and builder of the Fox House remains unknown. Before Herbert Fox, Ole Martinson purchased an 80-acre parcel along the St Francis River. He later sold the parcel to Samuel P. Glidden, who in turn sold it to Fox. With these transactions, the farm site grew to 160 acres. Sometime before Fox purchased the property, Glidden or Martinson built the house. The house construction makes the site unique. All of the original slates on the house were vertical, and load bearing. There remains very little horizontal construction in th...