Thompson-Fasbender House

Thompson-Fasbender House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Thompson-Fasbender House from the northwest
Location	Hastings, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°44′35.82″N 92°51′41.56″W / 44.7432833°N 92.8615444°WCoordinates: 44°44′35.82″N 92°51′41.56″W / 44.7432833°N 92.8615444°W
Built	1880[1]
Architect	William Thompson[2]
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	78001532[3]
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

The Thompson-Fasbender House, located at 649 West 4th Street in Hastings, Minnesota is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1880 by William Thompson who came to Minnesota in 1857 from Maine. He was a banker, wheat-buyer, and land-owner who also was part-owner of a saw mill and door and sash factory. His access to woodworkers is reflected in the home's finishing. Its Second Empire architecture is reflected in its mansard roof featuring scalloped wooden shingles and bracketed cornices.^[1]

In 1929, Dr. Herman Fasbender, Sr. purchased the home and transformed it into Saint Raphael Hospital, which had been housed in the VanDyke-Libby House. When the Regina Memorial Hospital opened in 1953, Saint Raphael closed and the house was converted into a tenement building;^[1] Fasbender then moved his practice to the Fasbender Clinic building. Today the home is a bed and breakfast inn.^[4]

References

1. "Historic Sites:Hastings". Dakota County Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
2. "National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. 2007-10-12.
3. National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. "Historic Sites:Hastings". Dakota County Historical Society. 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25.