J. A. Johnson Blacksmith Shop | |
Location | Main Avenue West & 2nd Street West, Rothsay, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 46°28′30.5″N 96°16′59.2″W / 46.475139°N 96.283111°W |
Area | Less than one acre |
Built | 1903 |
NRHP reference No. | 96000174 [1] |
Designated | February 23, 1996 |
The J. A. Johnson Blacksmith Shop is a historic commercial building in Rothsay, Minnesota, United States. It is one of Minnesota's most intact early-20th-century blacksmith shops, and still contains a large portion of its original, handforged equipment. [2] The shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 for its local significance in the theme of commerce. [3] It was nominated for being a rare intact example of the style of blacksmith shop once common to small Midwestern farming communities in the first half of the 20th century. [2]