In April of 1923 Homewood burned. The Homewood farm was originally the home of Andreas and Marie where they raised their family. When they moved to Zumbrota it was sold to their sons Paul and Nils, and then later Paul sold his share to Nils. Nils and Ida, their daughter Mary along with Anna, were living there at the time of the late night fire. No one was hurt but the home was burned to the ground. Below are a few pictures of the Homewood farm - the house in the lower left picture is the original house while in the lower right picture is the rebuilt house. The morning after the fire Andreas wrote Paul with the news. A week later Anna followed up with her own letter to Paul. Both of those letters are below the pictures.