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John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead

John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead rather than just read about it. In short: The John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead is a historic late 19th-century farmstead in Maine State Route 161 in Stockholm, Maine. The central feature of the nearly 80-acre (32 ha) property is a modest house, built out of logs by Swedish immigrants.

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Reference excerpt

The John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead is a historic late 19th-century farmstead in Maine State Route 161 in Stockholm, Maine. The central feature of the nearly 80-acre (32 ha) property is a modest house, built out of logs by Swedish immigrants. The property, one of the few remaining log structures built by Swedish immigrants in the state, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007

Description and history The Sodergren Homestead consists of 78.8 acres (31.9 ha) of land on the western side of the rural town of Stockholm in northern Aroostook County, Maine. The property is located on the northeast side of Maine State Route 161, with about 30 acres (12 ha) cleared for agriculture, and about 45 acres (18 ha) as woodland. The only buildings on the property are clustered near the road at the center of the agricultural area, and are all 20th-century structures, with the exception of the original main house. The main house is a modest single-story structure, measuring about 28 by 24 feet (8.5 m × 7.3 m), three bays wide, with a side gable roof finished in wood shingles, clapboard siding, and a fieldstone foundation. A shed-roof porch extends to the rear. The house is architecturally a single log pen, with an interior log wall dividing the downstairs into two spaces, which have been further divided by frame walls into a total of four rooms; the attic also houses two small bedrooms. The log construction is exposed in one corner. The house has never had indoor plumbing. Stockholm and other communities in the area were settled beginning in the 1870s by Swedish immigrants recruited through a state-run program that offered them land and basic provisions. Jons and Margreta Sodergren arrived in the area in 1879, and after establishing their own homestead, sent for their children. John J. and Martha (Jonson) Sodergren arrived in 1884, and built this log house the same year, according to family history. The house was occupied by two generations of descendants, until 1973. Of the known examples of early Swedish immigrant construction in northern Maine, this one is a well-preserved example that retains much of its original setting. The only significant alterations to the building were the addition and later removal of a kitchen wing on the north side, resulting in the replacement of original fabric on the house's inside north wall.

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Aroostook County, Maine

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead

In research: John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1884 establishments in Maine, Buildings and structures completed in 1884, Farms in Aroostook County, Maine, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for John J. and Martha Sodergren Homestead outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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