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Andrew John Volstead House, 163 Ninth Avenue, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, MN

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Andrew John Volstead House, 163 Ninth Avenue, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, MN

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Summary

Significance: Home of the man who "personified prohibition." Volstead served in the House of Representatives (1903-23) where as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee he drafted the 1919 National Prohibition Enforcement Act, better known as the "Volstead Act."
Survey number: HABS MN-87
Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1894 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

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Location

Granite Falls, 44.80943, -95.54006

Google Map of 44.8094287, -95.5400633

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Source

Library of Congress

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