[2] The house is significant for its association with a prominent Rice County pioneer and town founder.

The Osmund Osmundson House is located in the northeast of the small town of Nerstrand, east of what were the rails for the Chicago Great Western Railway, since removed.

The building originally had an elaborate balustraded full front porch and a red brick color.

[3] Osmund Osmundson was born in Nedstrand in Tysvær, Norway in 1826 and immigrated to the United States in 1850.

[3][4] The area surrounding Nerstrand and Wheeling Township became a close-knit Norwegian American community.