National Register of Historic Places listings in Steele County, Minnesota
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Steele County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Steele 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 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including one National Historic Landmark. A supplementary list includes five additional sites that were formerly on the National Register.
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- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 27, 2016.[1]
Current listings
[2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[3] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Ezra Abbott House |
(#75001029) |
345 E. Broadway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | c. 1860 house of an influential early settler of Owatonna.[4] | |
2 | Dr. John H. Adair House |
(#86001406) |
322 E. Vine St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 1913 Prairie School house, called southeast Minnesota's finest residential design by Purcell, Feick & Elmslie in its NRHP nomination.[5] | |
3 | Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected Children |
(#75001030) |
West Hills Circle Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 1887 Romanesque Revival main building of a state school complex active 1886–1970.[6] Also a contributing property to the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children historic district.[7] Now contains the Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum and city offices. | |
4 | Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District |
(#94000832) |
Main St., E. between Highway Ave. and 2nd Ave., NE. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Blooming Prairie | Unusually intact business district of an agricultural trade center on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, with 21 contributing properties built 1893–1946.[8][9] | |
5 | Bridge No. L-5573 |
(#96001613) |
Township Road 95 over the Straight River, east of U.S. Route 65 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Clinton Falls Township | Also known as the Clinton Falls Bridge, an early use of steel for a truss bridge in Minnesota, constructed in 1894.[10] | |
6 | Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children |
(#10001089) |
Roughly bounded by W. Hills Dr., State Ave., and Florence Ave. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | Campus of a pioneering public institution for juvenile wards of the state, active 1886–1947, with 19 contributing properties. Also associated with nationally significant child welfare advocate Galen A. Merrill.[11] Now the West Hills Complex. | |
7 | National Farmers' Bank |
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(#71000441) |
101 N. Cedar St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | Architecturally significant bank building designed by Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie, the first of Sullivan's late-career "jewel box" banks.[12] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District.[13] |
8 | Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall |
(#97000019) |
107 W. Main St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | Multipurpose municipal hall built 1906–7, significant as Owatonna's government center and as an example of Minnesota's common late-19th/early-20th-century municipal buildings.[14] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District.[13] | |
9 | Owatonna Commercial Historic District |
(#14001237) |
Roughly bounded by N. Cedar Ave., W. & E. Broadway, W. Bridge & W. Main Sts. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 12-block downtown district with 75 contributing properties built 1871 to the late 1950s, associated with the growth and prosperity of an agricultural/industrial community and county seat.[13] | |
10 | Owatonna Free Public Library |
(#76001075) |
105 N. Elm St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 1899 public library noted for its Neoclassical architecture and contribution to Owatonna's intellectual and cultural development.[15] | |
11 | Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District |
(#86003680) |
Roughly Academy, Grove, and Main Sts. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | Five campus buildings constructed 1889–1914 for the only Baptist school among Minnesota's 19th-century private institutions of higher education. Also noted for their architecture and association with benefactors Mark H. Dunnell and George A. Pillsbury.[16] | |
12 | Daniel S. Piper House |
(#75001028) |
County Highway 45 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Medford vicinity | Minnesota's only example of a New England-style interconnected farm complex, built in 1877, and a symbol of Yankee settler heritage in the state.[17] | |
13 | Steele County Courthouse |
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(#78001565) |
111 E. Main St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse.[18] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District.[13] |
Former listings
[2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary |
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1 | Clinton Falls Mills and Dam | Upload image |
(#86001462) |
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off Co. Hwy. 9 |
Clinton Falls Township | Dam and water-powered grist mill built 1856–59.[19] Demolished in 2003.[20] |
2 | Kaplan Apartments | Upload image |
(#86001464) |
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115 W. Rose St. |
Owatonna | 1912 apartment house of Owatonna Tool Company founder Godfrey J. Kaplan.[21] Demolished in 2005.[20] |
3 | Owatonna High School |
(#86002124) |
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333 E. School St. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Owatonna | 1920 Classical Revival school.[22] Delisted after being altered in 1998.[23] | |
4 | Owatonna Water Works Power Station | Upload image |
(#86001483) |
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W School St. and Mosher Ave. |
Owatonna | 1890 water supply facility.[24] Demolished in 1992.[23] |
5 | Steele County Courthouse | Upload image |
(#76001076) |
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139 E. Main St. |
Owatonna | 1874 Italianate courthouse.[25] Demolished in 1987.[23] |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota
References
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Numbers represent an 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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External links
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- Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society