Bottineau House in Park Reserve

The Pierre Bottineau house was moved into the Elm Creek Park Reserve in August 2009 and went through a complete rehab.
The plaque at the site says it was moved from Zachary Lane but I couldn't remember seeing it on Zachary Lane in the recent past so I called and spoke with Beth Nash, with Three Rivers Park District Public Affairs.

From the Three Rivers Park District Cultural Resources Coordinator:
1852 – Pierre Bottineau stakes a claim in what will become Osseo, Minnesota.
1854 – Pierre Bottineau House is the first wood frame house built in Osseo and is erected on Section 13 of Township 119, Range 22 in what is now likely the present day athletic fields of Osseo Junior High School
1876 – Pierre Bottineau, his wife, and family move to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. Bottineau’s children, Mary and John Baptiste Bottineau acquire the Bottineau property covering sections 11, 12, and 13
1877 – The Bottineau siblings default on mortgage payments and lose the property
1880 – John Wilmes purchases Bottineau property
1908 – Wilmes moves the Bottineau house to another location on section 13 and converts it into a granary
1919 – Wilmes sells Peter Kisch the original Bottineau property located on section 11 along with the Bottineau House. It takes Kisch one week move the house via log rollers from section 13 to section 11 (which became 9653 Zachary Lane) where the house was used for farm functions.
1998 – The Bottineau House is relocated to the City of Maple Grove storage lot south of County Highway 81 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to allow for roadway expansion.
August 2009 - (see videos below) The house is moved to its current location in the Elm Creek Park Reserve where it was restored due to its historical significance and will be open for tours given by the park

More info at the Bottineau website







Notes: The reference to Zachary Lane comes from a "Minnesota Architecture - History Inventory Form" that is reprinted in the the Historic Structures Report completed by MacDonald & Mack. The architectural survey, conducted by Kurt Schweigert & Marcia Ohlhausen in October of 1993 and June of 1994 references the house location as 9653 Zachary Lane, Maple Grove, MN. The location on Zachary Lane falls on a straight line west from the Hwy 610/169 intersection. The eventual extension of Hwy 610 through the site was the rationale for moving the house.