This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nicollet County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
There are 24 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes two additional sites that were formerly on the National Register.
This
National Park Service list is complete through
NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.
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Current listings
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed [3] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadway Bridge |  |
August 5, 1999 ( #99000934) |
Minnesota Highway 99 over the
Minnesota River 44°19′29″N 93°57′11″W / 44.324719°N 93.953024°W | St. Peter | 1931 steel highway bridge built with two asymmetrical trusses disguised by ornamental members to span a challenging site at a river bend. [4] Extends into Le Sueur County. |
| 2 | Center Building-Minnesota Hospital for The Insane |  |
July 31, 1986 ( #86002117) |
Freeman Dr. 44°18′19″N 93°58′40″W / 44.305416°N 93.977783°W | St. Peter | 1878 Classical Revival building of Minnesota's first mental hospital, designed by Samuel Sloan on the Kirkbride Plan. [5] |
| 3 | Church of the Holy Communion |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000914) |
116 N. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′36″N 93°57′20″W / 44.326595°N 93.955525°W | St. Peter | 1870 Gothic Revival church of Kasota limestone, designed by Henry Martyn Congdon. [5] |
| 4 | Eugene Saint Julien Cox House |  |
November 20, 1970 ( #70000305) |
500 N. Washington Ave. 44°19′56″N 93°57′42″W / 44.332345°N 93.961654°W | St. Peter | 1871 Gothic/ Italianate house of St. Peter's first mayor. Now a Nicollet County Historical Society site. [6] |
| 5 | Frederick A. Donahower House |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000915) |
720 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′13″N 93°57′40″W / 44.320396°N 93.961061°W | St. Peter | c. 1875 brick Italianate house with limestone trim. [5] |
| 6 | Fort Ridgely |  |
December 2, 1970 ( #70000304) |
Minnesota Highway 4 44°27′11″N 94°44′04″W / 44.452968°N 94.734381°W | Fairfax | 1853 U.S. Army fort built to monitor the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation. Site of the Battle of Fort Ridgely during the Dakota War of 1862. Now a state park and historic site. [7] |
| 7 | Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources |  |
October 25, 1989 ( #89001668) |
Off County Highway 30 northwest of New Ulm 44°27′11″N 94°43′51″W / 44.45301°N 94.730773°W | New Ulm | 27 Rustic Style park structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the mid-1930s. [8] |
| 8 | Alexander Harkin Store |  |
June 4, 1973 ( #73000989) |
66250 County Highway 21 44°23′13″N 94°35′56″W / 44.386944°N 94.598889°W | West Newton Township | 1871 country store and post office that closed in 1901 with most of its original inventory intact. [9] Now a museum. [10] |
| 9 | John A. Johnson House |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000916) |
418 N. 3rd St. 44°19′47″N 93°57′17″W / 44.329824°N 93.954642°W | St. Peter | 1905 house of three-term governor John Albert Johnson (1861–1909). [11] |
| 10 | Sarah and Thomas Montgomery House |  |
December 13, 2000 ( #00001509) |
408 Washington Ave. S 44°19′32″N 93°57′51″W / 44.325523°N 93.964176°W | St. Peter | Exemplary Italianate house, built in 1874. [12] |
| 11 | Nicollet County Bank |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000917) |
224 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′28″N 93°57′27″W / 44.324409°N 93.957379°W | St. Peter | Prominent and elaborately detailed Queen Anne commercial building constructed in 1887 for Nicollet County's second-oldest bank. [13] Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District. [14] |
| 12 | Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail |  |
September 6, 2002 ( #02000939) |
501 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′18″N 93°57′31″W / 44.321751°N 93.958597°W | St. Peter | Romanesque Revival courthouse built 1880–81 and Queen Anne jail built in 1906; a distinctive and long-serving government complex. [15] |
| 13 | Nicollet House Hotel |  |
May 12, 1975 ( #75000998) |
120 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′31″N 93°57′24″W / 44.325285°N 93.956749°W | St. Peter | 1873 hotel funded by local investors to create a high-class amenity befitting St. Peter's economic importance. [16] Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District. [14] |
| 14 | Norseland General Store |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000918) |
Minnesota Highway 22 44°24′43″N 94°06′56″W / 44.411892°N 94.115592°W | Norseland | Rare surviving example—built c. 1900—of the country stores once common to Minnesota's rural crossroads from the mid 19th to early 20th centuries. [17] |
| 15 | North Mankato Public School |  |
January 27, 1983 ( #83000919) |
442 Belgrade Ave. 44°10′13″N 94°00′48″W / 44.170351°N 94.013204°W | North Mankato | North Mankato's most prominent public building, a Queen Anne school built in 1890 and doubled with a symmetrical 1904 expansion. [18] |
| 16 | Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College |  |
May 12, 1976 ( #76001065) |
Gustavus Adolphus College campus 44°19′23″N 93°58′14″W / 44.322954°N 93.970648°W | St. Peter | Oldest building and emblem of Gustavus Adolphus College, built 1875–76. Also noted for its Italianate design by Edward Bassford. [19] |
| 17 | Emily and Stephen Schumacher House |  |
December 13, 2000 ( #00001507) |
202 3rd St., N. 44°19′40″N 93°57′23″W / 44.327737°N 93.956477°W | St. Peter | Leading local example of a Queen Anne house, built 1887–88. [20] |
| 18 | St. Peter Armory |  |
January 9, 1997 ( #96001558) |
419 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′21″N 93°57′29″W / 44.322595°N 93.958015°W | St. Peter | Exemplary early armory built 1912–13, one of the oldest standing in Minnesota and the first owned by the state. Also noted for its transitional architecture and central role in St. Peter's military, social, and recreational life. [21] |
| 19 | St. Peter Carnegie Library |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000920) |
429 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′21″N 93°57′29″W / 44.322486°N 93.958151°W | St. Peter | Longserving public library with modest Neoclassical architecture, built 1903–04. [22] |
| 20 | St. Peter Commercial Historic District |  |
January 12, 2001 ( #00001610) |
Minnesota Ave. between Broadway and Grace Sts. 44°19′28″N 93°57′24″W / 44.324551°N 93.956797°W | St. Peter | Well-preserved central business district with 33 contributing properties built 1854–1930; a retail, service, and banking destination for city residents and the surrounding agricultural population. [14] |
| 21 | William E. Stewart House |  |
November 8, 1984 ( #84000223) |
733 Range St. 44°10′30″N 94°00′32″W / 44.174943°N 94.008948°W | North Mankato | 1910 house, carriage house, and barn of a brickyard owner, symbolizing an important Mankato-area industry of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. [23] |
| 22 | Henry A. Swift House |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000921) |
820 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′10″N 93°57′42″W / 44.319398°N 93.961769°W | St. Peter | 1858 house of state and local politician Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1869), third governor of Minnesota. [24] |
| 23 | Traverse des Sioux |  |
March 20, 1973 ( #73000990) |
1851 N. Minnesota Ave. 44°21′23″N 93°57′15″W / 44.356402°N 93.954265°W | St. Peter | Important river ford and gathering place for the Dakota people, site of early European trading posts, missions, the negotiation and signing of the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, and an 1855 village. [25] Now a state historic site. [26] |
| 24 | Union Presbyterian Church |  |
May 19, 1983 ( #83000922) |
311 W. Locust St. 44°19′15″N 93°57′45″W / 44.320844°N 93.962478°W | St. Peter | 1872 church noted for its fine Gothic Revival architecture surviving from the early decades of St. Peter's settlement. [27] |
Former listings
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridge No. 6422-Saint Peter | August 5, 1999 (#99000933) | August 8, 2003 | MN 99 over Washington Avenue | St. Peter | 1948 deck girder bridge of cantilevered concrete, first of its kind in Minnesota. [5] Demolished in 2001. [28] | |
| 2 | St. Peter Central School |  |
October 29, 1980 (#80002092) | October 5, 2000 | 300 S. 5th St. 44°19′33″N 93°57′45″W / 44.325869°N 93.962568°W | St. Peter | Destroyed in the 1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak. Original façade worked into Central Square Apartments on the same site.[ citation needed] |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota
References
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
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^ Hess, Jeffrey A. (September 1997).
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Broadway Bridge". National Park Service.
Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ a b c d Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
- ^ Hanson, Krista Finstad (2007). Minnesota Open House: A Guide to Historic House Museums. St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-577-1.
- ^ "Fort Ridgely". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ "Fort Ridgely State Park". Rustic Style Resources in Minnesota State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ Mitchell, Diana (1973-03-30). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Harkin-Massopust Store. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ "Harkin Store". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Smith, Sandra A. (1983-01-20). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: John A. Johnson House. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Wielde, Beth A.; Christina Slattery (June 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Montgomery, Sarah and Thomas, House. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Roth, Susan; Charles Nelson (1983-02-22). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: The Nicollet County Bank. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ a b c Slattery, Christina; Sarah Davis McBride (July 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Peter Commercial Historic District. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ Squitieri, Amy R. (July 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ VanBrocklin, Lynne; Charles Nelson (1974-12-12). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Nicollet House Hotel. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Roth, Susan; Charles Nelson (1983-02-24). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Norseland General Store. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Roth, Susan; Charles Nelson (1982-11-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: North Mankato Public School. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ VanBrocklin, Lynne (1975-09-16). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Old Main - Gustavus Adolphus College. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ Wielde, Beth A.; Amy R. Squitieri (July 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Schumacher, Emily and Stephen, House. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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^ Granger, Susan; Kay Grossman (1996-02-15).
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Peter Armory". National Park Service.
Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ Roth, Susan; Charles Nelson (February 1983). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Peter Public Library. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ Hodapp, Sue (1984-08-27). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Stewart, William E., House. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Smith, Sandra A. (1983-01-20). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Henry A. Swift House. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Mitchell, Diana (1973-01-25). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Traverse des Sioux State Park. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Traverse des Sioux". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ Roth, Susan; Charles Nelson (1983-02-24). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Union Presbyterian Church. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Changes to the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, 2003-2010". Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. 2011-02-01. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
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