Our Yesterday House
"Our Yesterday House
is located in the Town of Spirit,
Price County, Wisconsin
N894 S. German Settlement Rd.
(at the corner of County YY and German Settlement Road)
Photos taken in 2005
is located in the Town of Spirit,
Price County, Wisconsin
N894 S. German Settlement Rd.
(at the corner of County YY and German Settlement Road)
Photos taken in 2005
Albin Johnson was born on August 2, 1856 in Sweden. He came to America in 1881 at the age of 25, first settling in Merrill, Wisconsin and then in Spirit, Wisconsin. He filed for a homestead and built the "Yesterday House" with his wife's uncle, Amandus Johnson in 1885. He married Hilma Amelia Olson in 1887. Albin and Hilma had 7 children (6 boys and a girl), the first 2 being born in the "Yesterday House", namely: Arthur G. Johnson on February 22, 1888 and Anne Marie Johnson on March 12, 1891. In 1964 the house was purchased by Gene A. Meier. In 1973 Gene's father Roy Meier moved the Albin Johnson log home to the Meier homestead on County YY and turned it into a museum. Until his death in 1997, Roy maintained the log home and museum. In 2003 the historic log home was moved to its present location on the Liberty School property. The building is on the National Registry of Historic Places.
History of Our Yesterday House