▁his ▁family ▁to ▁farm ▁the ▁land . ▁He ▁arrived ▁in ▁Fer nd ale ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁and ▁paid ▁$ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁($ ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ) ▁ ▁for ▁ ▁on ▁the ▁No oks ack ▁River ▁that ▁was ▁purchased ▁from ▁Bet sey ▁N iel son . ▁The ▁property ▁included ▁two ▁log ▁cab ins , ▁farm ▁animals , ▁and ▁farm ▁equipment . ▁ ▁Farm house ▁▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁H ov ander ▁finished ▁his ▁plan ▁for ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁ordered ▁ 5 2 , 0 0 0 ▁board ▁feet ▁of ▁fir ▁and ▁ced ar . ▁All ▁of ▁this ▁wood ▁was ▁so aked ▁in ▁lin seed ▁oil ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁c ure , ▁which ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁wood ▁not ▁need ing ▁treatment ▁since . ▁In ▁spring ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁began , ▁and ▁the ▁car p entry ▁work ▁was ▁finished ▁by ▁Carl ▁Lind gren , ▁a ▁Sw ede . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁it ▁was ▁common ▁in ▁the ▁North west ▁for ▁sett lers ▁to ▁im itate ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁architecture ▁from ▁their ▁previous ▁homes . ▁Many ▁aspects ▁of ▁Sc and in av ian ▁architecture ▁are ▁present ▁within ▁the ▁house , ▁including ▁the ▁egg ▁and ▁d art ▁trim ▁design , ▁representing ▁fert ility , ▁modified ▁to ▁fit ▁a ▁traditional ▁geometric ▁Sc and in av ian ▁art istic ▁design . ▁Another ▁example ▁is ▁the ▁Star ▁of ▁David ▁open work