Ignatius Eckert House
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Ignatius Eckert House | |
 The Ignatius Eckert House from the southeast | |
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| Location | 724 Ashland Avenue, Hastings, Minnesota, United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°44′18.5″N 92°51′24″W / 44.738472°N 92.85667°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1850s |
| Architectural style | Cupolated Italian Villa |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003071[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 21, 1978 |
The Ignatius Eckert House is historic house in Hastings, Minnesota, United States. It was built in Nininger, Minnesota, in the early 1850s and moved to Hastings in 1857 by then-owner Thomas Reed.[2][3] The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance in architecture as an exemplary specimen of an Italian Villa-style house with a cupola.[2] It is an example of the "Country Homes" style of Andrew Jackson Downing, a pioneer in American landscape architecture.[citation needed] The original owner, Reverend G. W. T. Wright, was a minister at the nearby Hastings Methodist Episcopal Church. Ignatius Eckert, a retired farmer, bought the home around 1909.[4]
