Sómastaðir in Reyðarfjörður

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Hans Jakob Beck (1838–1920), a farmer and fishing-vessel owner and administrator of the district, had the house built to the south of the existing traditional turf farmhouse. He may have been inspired by houses of a similar type he had seen on his travels in Scotland. A two storey timber building stood for awhile at the western end of the stone house with through access on both floors.