The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008[2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site.[3] There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis.[4] Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which modify the area covered by an existing property or district and which carry a separate National Register reference number. The numbers of NRHP listings in each county are documented by tables in each of the individual county list-articles.
Two round barns constructed in the early 1920s, prominent examples of the numerous reinforced concrete structures built in the area by contractor Al Cota and his successors from 1913 through the 1940s.[9]
Well-preserved 1897 example of the general stores common to Benton County's crossroads communities, and a reminder of Mayhew Lake Township's settlement by German Americans.[10]
1897 log church—the first church in what became Clearwater County—which played a key role in the area's settlement by loggers and homesteaders and in the religious life of its Norwegian immigrants.[16]
Minnesota's oldest state park, established in 1891. Also significant for its extensive archaeological resources, association with the quest for the Mississippi River headwaters, pioneer sites, and 72 park facilities built 1905–1942 noted for their rustic log construction and association with early park development. Extends into Becker and Hubbard Counties.[18]
Woodland period site for wild rice harvesting, a subsistence activity unique to this region of North America. Also noted for an artifact assemblage suggesting ties to the north and the northern Great Plains.[19]
Woodland period site for wild rice harvesting, with artifacts associated with northern Minnesota, the northern plains, and the Mississippi basin, indicating broad migration and trade.[20]
1888 house of a transformational educator and administrator (1857–1943) who was one of the first in his Mennonite community to promote secular public education and government service.[21]
1900 railway station, the last remaining on a branch line that opened the area up to development, and the essential link of commerce and communication for Westbrook and its surrounding farmers.[22] Now a museum.[23]
Prominent 1904 courthouse noted for the neoclassicism expressed throughout the building, from the exterior architecture to the interior design and artwork.[24]
300-by-50-yard (274 by 46 m) rock outcrop bearing some 4,000 petroglyphs ranging from 7,000 to 250 years old, nominated as Minnesota's finest collection of precontact Native American rock art. Now a public site managed by the Minnesota Historical Society.[25][26]
Deeply stratified village site spanning the precontact era from the late Archaic to an Oneota occupation, with a particular concentration of Woodland period ceramics.[28]
Three-block retail district whose buildings, constructed 1874–1928, are noted for their fine commercial architecture and multigenerational occupation by family businesses.[30]
Third home of Minnesota's first and most influential cooperativecreamery, built in 1927 with a second-floor meeting hall. Also noted for its fine architecture and association with a successful Danish American dairying community.[32]
1909 meeting hall of the Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota fraternal society; the last of three halls that served as social and recreational centers for southeast Freeborn County's Czech American population.[33]
Circa-1880 house noted for its exemplary Shingle style architecture and association with Albert C. Wedge (1834–1911), Albert Lea's leading doctor for over 50 years and an active figure in local and state affairs.[35]
Site of an 1859 stagecoach station expanded into a U.S. Army fort for a few years after the Dakota War of 1862; a uniquely well-documented site from the earliest period of white settlement.[38]
One of Minnesota's few monumental Victorian courthouses remaining, built in 1905; Grant County's most prominent turn-of-the-20th-century building and its long-serving seat of government, and an important work of architects Bell & Detweiler and interior designer Odin J. Oyen.[39]
Municipal auditorium built 1933–34, one of Minnesota's few surviving projects by the short-lived Civil Works Administration, and an example of the refined but low-cost public buildings the New Deal brought to small Minnesota towns.[40]
Dual-purpose municipal facility constructed 1933–34, the first building project in Minnesota funded by the Public Works Administration and one of the program's best works nationally, according to the agency in 1939.[41]
Two-story school built in 1918, a distinctive example of the larger facilities built to begin consolidating Minnesota's rural school districts. Also called Nary School; now the Helga Township Community Center.[42]
1900 Neoclassical courthouse, a prominent public building and home of the county government into the 1970s.[43] Now houses the Hubbard County Historical Museum and Nemeth Art Center.[44][45]
Minnesota's oldest state park, established in 1891. Also significant for its extensive archaeological resources, association with the quest for the Mississippi River headwaters, pioneer sites, and 72 park facilities built 1905–1942 noted for their rustic log construction and association with early park development. Extends into Becker and Clearwater Counties.[18]
Circa-1907 homesteader's cabin used as one of Minnesota's first fishing resorts. Also noted for its locally unusual post and sill construction.[46] Now the main office of Fremont's Point Resort.[47]
Large habitation and mound complex at the junction of two major river routes, likely harboring a deep Woodland period stratigraphy at the far northern boundary of Mississippian culture influence.[49]
Southwest Minnesota's largest and most elaborately appointed early-20th-century church, built 1920–21 with Neoclassical and Baroque Revival influences, conveying its importance as a religious and cultural center.[51]
Unusual octagonal schoolhouse built in 1906, one of only two surviving examples in Minnesota inspired by the octagon house concept promoted by Orson Squire Fowler.[52]
Cohesive commercial district charting the small businesses that composed a late-19th/early-20th-century railroad-based trade center. 31 contributing properties built 1880–1928 include seven associated with influential local businessman Frank A. Matuska (1872–1947).[53]
1908 courthouse, longstanding government seat and local landmark distinguished by the Neoclassical architecture and art that carry through from exterior to interior.[54]
Farmstead also known as Moorland featuring Jackson County's most architecturally sophisticated farmhouse and two other American Craftsman buildings, all constructed in 1917.[55]
One of Kanabec County's earliest and largest farmsteads, established in 1880 to support a logging operation (the era's leading local industry) as a headquarters, food and feed producer, and stable for work animals.[57]
1894 courthouse with two 20th-century additions, the long-serving seat of county government. Also noted for its unusually restrained Romanesque Revival architecture.[58]
Rare surviving example of Minnesota's earliest reinforced-concrete watertowers—built in 1918—and a symbol of the local infrastructure improvements that enabled the organization of Ogilvie's fire department.[59]
1902 Queen Anne house, significant as one of Kanabec County's most distinctive residences and for its 1909–1951 occupancy by local civic leader C. E. Williams.[60]
Railside farm machinery dealership built in 1912, reflecting the region's shift from logging to agriculture and the railroads' influence on town development.[62] Likely demolished (see talk page).
Park developments significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, strategic placement of state recreational facilities, and National Park Service rustic design, with 12 contributing properties built 1936–1940, including a unique observation/water tower and a dam engineered over quicksand.[65]
1931 Colonial Revival customs and immigration station, a well-preserved example of the nation's first purpose-built border checkpoints at land crossings.[67]
1923 train station owned by the Canadian National Railway but also housing U.S. federal border agencies; a symbol of international cooperation and the chief conduit for Baudette's growth and development.[68]
Site of a French outpost active 1732 to the mid-1750s, a key vestige of European exploration and colonialism.[69] A reconstruction was built nearby in the 1950s.[70]
Rare surviving Civilian Conservation Corps work camp with 14 remaining buildings constructed 1935–36, then used 1936–42 as the headquarters for Minnesota's largest Resettlement Administration project, which relocated settlers from inadequate farmland and restored it for resource extraction and recreation.[71]
Long-serving 1921 meeting hall, atypically built by a purely social (rather than religious or political) club to host events for a sparsely populated agricultural community.[75]
1896 opera house that hosted numerous community events and was restored to its original use in 1970. Boundary expanded in 1982 (#82002979) to include the adjacent commercial building constructed at the same time.[76]
1904 jail and 1919 courthouse, prominent public buildings and longtime seat of county government; further associated with the effects of railroad placement in determining Lincoln County's most viable communities.[77]
Unusually intact fairground with 18 contributing properties built 1921–1945, representative of Lincoln County's agriculture and strong county fair tradition.[78]
One of Lake Benton's most prominent houses, built in 1887 for Ernest Osbeck (b. 1859), a prosperous grocery merchant who helped found numerous local endeavors.[79]
Distinctive 1937 municipal building with an asymmetrical design, cut fieldstone façade, and sympathetic 1948 addition, emblematic of the Depression-era infrastructure sponsored by the Works Progress Administration.[81]
1909 courthouse expanded in 1977, noted for its simple Neoclassical architecture and long service as the seat of an unusual county established entirely within a Native American reservation.[82]
Fairground with eight contributing properties built 1936–38, representative of the importance of the county fair in rural Minnesota culture and the enduring output of the Works Progress Administration.[83]
Eight park facilities built 1937–41, significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, early Minnesota state park development, NPS Rustic split-stone architecture, and environmentally sensitive master planning.[85]
1911 commercial building that housed a major local retailer active 1888–1959, various offices, and a Masonic Temple that was a key venue for social events.[86]
1933 brick school, Glencoe's sole public education facility for kindergarten through high school until 1954. Also housed community services and events.[87]
1913 Prairie School house designed by Purcell & Elmslie, a fine example of the architectural firm's work, which was typified in its early years by modest residences for small lots.[88]
Long-serving government seat, dating to 1876; extensively enlarged and remodeled in 1909 to become McLeod County's leading example of Beaux-Arts architecture.[91]
Also Known as Ansgar College. Architecturally eclectic 1902 academic hall occupied by a succession of educational institutions. Deemed uneconomical to renovate and demolished in 1980.[50]
1904 example of the multipurpose municipal halls common in turn-of-the-20th-century Minnesota, serving as Ada's seat of government and primary event venue for nearly the next hundred years.[94]
1900 church noted for its regionally unusual American Craftsman architecture and illustration of the ties between some of Ada's early settlers and congregational churches in New England.[95]
1883 church and cemetery, representing the area's initial Norwegian American settlers and the maintenance of their ethnic identity through church-sponsored activities.[97]
Distinctive 1914 American Craftsman train station associated with the development of the rail network and agriculture in northwestern Minnesota and South Dakota. Listing includes a 1912 2-8-2 steam locomotive.[98]
1933 multipurpose municipal hall with a public auditorium; a key venue of government, civic, and recreational activity in Thief River Falls for much of the 20th century. Also noted for its locally distinctive Moderne architecture.[99]
Largest and most intact late-19th/early-20th-century commercial district in Minnesota's Red River Valley, with 39 contributing properties mostly built 1882–1920s.[105]
1912 church and adjacent cemetery, the last surviving example built by the area's Norwegian settlers and a key venue for preserving their ethnic heritage.[108]
Site of the thirty-hour Battle of Birch Coulee on September 2–3, 1862; the deadliest defeat of U.S. military forces during the Dakota War of 1862.[110] Now a Renville County park with interpretive markers.[111]
Ruins of the 1861 house of influential Minnesota settler Joseph R. Brown (1805–1870). Also associated with native–white relations, white settlement and reservation establishment on the upper Minnesota River, and the outbreak of the Dakota War of 1862.[112] Now the Joseph R. Brown State Wayside.[113]
1914 hotel and restaurant, a prominent small-town venue offering lodging for rail-based business travelers as well as early automotive tourists on the Yellowstone Trail, plus a banquet hall for local events.[115]
Renville County's oldest and most intact railway station on its original site, built c. 1883. Also significant as a symbol of the local importance of railroads and as a regional example of a 19th-century frame passenger/freight depot.[116]
Ornate 1902 courthouse designed by Fremont D. Orff, noted for its architectural significance and—with the adjacent 1904 jail—as the outcome of a particularly involved four-way, 28-year battle for county seat status.[117]
1868 cabin of prominent local pioneer Lars Rudi (1827–1913). Also Renville County's leading example of a log house, dating to the resumption of settlement after the Dakota War of 1862.[118]
1901 school with several additions, reflecting the 20th-century growth and educational expansion of small-town public schools. 1929 auditorium/gymnasium also noted as Sacred Heart's primary venue for public functions.[119]
1916 clubhouse of a Czech American fraternal organization, representative of ethnic history in the last part of Minnesota to be settled by Euro-Americans.[121]
1920 water tower prompted by a need for firefighting infrastructure, noted for its impact on community development and as a representative of a once-common but vanishing design.[123]
School/city athletic field begun with community labor in 1922 and improved by the National Youth Administration in 1940.[124] Also known as Handke Stadium.
1876 pioneer farmhouse, uniquely constructed of load-bearing vertical planks rather than wall studs.[125] Moved in 2006 to the grounds of the Sherburne History Center.[126]
Prison complex of 23 contributing properties built 1887–1933 with granite quarried by inmates; noted for its architectural cohesion and association with penal reform and Minnesota's quarrying industry.[129][130]
City park established in 1897, a longtime recreational venue featuring a 1916 pavilion, 1940 bandshell, and a 1940 bridge built by the Works Progress Administration.[132]
Sibley County's first purpose-built courthouse, in use 1879–1915 and embodying the era's fashion for Italianate public buildings.[138] Now the Henderson Community Building.[139]
Well preserved and locally distinctive 1905 Carnegie library, a longstanding focus of education in Morris. Now the Stevens County Historical Society Museum.[141]
Building and grounds of a public school established in 1914 and expanded twice by 1950, reflecting the development and growth of public schools in Minnesota towns.[142] Demolished in 2013 after no viable reuse plan could be found.[143]
One of the country's longest-running and most intact residential agricultural high schools, operated 1910–1963 by the University of Minnesota's nationally influential agricultural education system. The 11 contributing properties built 1899–1929 are now part of the University of Minnesota Morris campus.[148]
Carnegie library built 1915–16, Browns Valley's most architecturally significant early-20th-century building and an example of the libraries provided to small Minnesota communities by Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy.[149]
Circa-1906 railway station, a well-preserved example of its type and a symbol of the importance of the railroad to Wheaton. Now houses the Traverse County Historical Society Museum.[150]
Hunting resort complex with a prominent 1901 lodge/house, associated with western Minnesota's recreational hunting industry and the phenomenon of farmer/resort owners.[154]
One of the few surviving precontact archaeological sites in the Shell River basin of northwestern Wadena County, the region's most conducive zone for prehistoric human habitation.[155]
1915 railway station symbolizing the impact of the Northern Pacific Railway on Wadena's establishment and development.[157] Now a museum and event venue.[158]
Seminal site of Euro-American activity in Wadena County, from three successive trading posts established in 1782, 1792, and 1825, to a town founded in 1856 and the county's first farm.[160] Now a county park.[161]
Site of a trading post established in 1792, significant for its role in and research potential on the opening of the fur trade in north-central Minnesota.[162]
1912 multipurpose municipal hall representative of early-20th-century civic development and of a type of public building common to many small Minnesota cities.[163]
Complex built 1916–1936 of a small wholesaling business that grew into one of Minnesota's largest independent agricultural companies.[164] Demolished except for a c. 1935 warehouse addition.[165]
Southern Minnesota's largest private 19th-century farm, established by prominent local Alfred R. Voss (1860–1952) in 1893. Also noted for two unusually large, elaborate buildings among the 13 contributing properties.[169]
1908 steel truss bridge, the only surviving work of seminal Minnesota bridge builder Commodore P. Jones. Also noted for its early use of riveted joints.[171]
1922 farm with nine contributing properties, the best preserved of five Femco Farms established by newspaper publisher Frederick E. Murphy (d. 1940) in Wilkin County to experiment with diversified farming and stock breeding.[172]
Regional trade center and well-preserved example of western Minnesota's commercial districts rebuilt after disastrous fires, with 24 contributing properties built 1892–1930s.[181]
1891 house and carriage barn of an influential local land speculator, banker, and politician. Also noted for the house's 1900 Queen Anne remodeling.[182] Now the Lund–Hoel House museum.[183]
1926 example of the small, period revival gas stations built in the United States in the 1920s and '30s, and a distinctive use of English Cottage Revival architecture.[184]
1915 meeting hall of a local farmers' organization, a rare physical reminder of the grassroots agricultural movements of the early 20th century.[185] Likely demolished.[186]
Site of a federal indian agency active 1854–1862, with one standing building. Significant for its precontact archaeology, rare physical evidence of the agency period, and association with the nation's disastrous mid-19th-century Federal Indian Policy.[188]
Site of the Battle of Wood Lake, final engagement of the Dakota War of 1862, a watershed period for the state of Minnesota and the Dakota people. District encompasses the late-September 1862 staging and battle sites and a 1910 monument that embodies early-20th-century commemoration efforts.[191]
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^Birk, Douglas A. (November 18, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Fort St. Charles Archaeological Site" (Document). National Park Service.
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^Address derived from "Sebeka Recreation & Tourism". City of Sebeka, Minnesota. Retrieved July 22, 2013.. NRIS database lists site as "Address restricted."
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^Location derived from "Upper Sioux Agency State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015. NRIS lists site as "address restricted".
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