Joseph Brown House Ruins

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caption =
nearest_city= Sacred Heart, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 45
lat_seconds = 1.18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 95
long_minutes = 19
long_seconds = 27.93
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1861
architect= Leopold Wohler
architecture= No Style Listed
added = August 03, 1986
governing_body = State
refnum=86002838cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Joseph R. Brown State Wayside Rest is a National Scenic Byway Wayside Rest area. It is located on Renville County Highway 15, south of Sacred Heart, Minnesota and is also referred as the Farther and Gay Castle

It displays the granite ruins of Joseph R. Brown's home from 1862. Brown, his mixed blood wife and twelve children lived in this home, which was a center of hospitality along the Minnesota River Valley. The three-story home was then considered a mansion compared to normal pioneer homes. It was destroyed during the Minnesota Sioux Uprising on August 19, 1862. Brown's family was spared because of his wife's Native American heritage. Brown himself was a politician, inventor, publisher and Indian Agent.cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3]

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External links

* [http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2211/places/14159/ Joseph R. Brown State Wayside Rest, MN]