National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota facts for kids
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore 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 36 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
History
Fillmore County's National Register properties reflect its development as an agricultural region typical of Southeast Minnesota. Euro-American settlement began in the 1850s and initially relied on rivers and stagecoach roads for transportation. The Forestville Townsite, now a living history museum, preserves a portion of one of these early communities. Several towns vied for county seat status; the William Strong House in Carimona and the Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House in Preston were nominated as the best surviving structures representing this period.
Fillmore County's many rivers and streams powered a milling region of statewide importance before Minneapolis achieved primacy. Additionally, properties like the Quickstad Farm Implement Company and Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company represent the agricultural focus of manufacturing in the county. The Gilded Age prosperity of population centers like Spring Valley and Chatfield is reflected by other listings, several of which are noted for their architecture.
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Allis Barn |
(#82005038) |
County Highway 17 43°42′40″N 92°01′58″W / 43.711043°N 92.032742°W |
Preston vicinity | Landmark three-story barn built c. 1899, associated with 19th-century stock farming and Milwaukee's Allis-Chalmers company, a key Midwestern manufacturer of milling equipment. Now the centerpiece of a resort. | |
2 | Francis H. Bartlett House |
(#84001410) |
Gold and Pearl Streets 43°42′21″N 92°16′07″W / 43.705701°N 92.268623°W |
Wykoff | 1876 Second Empire house of Wykoff's co-founder, built the same year the town was incorporated. | |
3 | Bridge No. 5722 |
(#11000467) |
N. Section St. (U.S. Route 63) over Spring Valley Creek 43°41′17″N 92°23′21″W / 43.688015°N 92.389076°W |
Spring Valley | 1936 bridge on a concrete box culvert, an unusual basis for a bridge on a U.S. highway. | |
4 | Bridge No. L4770 |
(#89001827) |
Township Road 213 over Mahoney Creek 43°44′23″N 92°05′39″W / 43.739587°N 92.094285°W |
Fountain vicinity | Short, semicircular stone arch bridge built c. 1915, of a distinctive type developed by the State Highway Commission in the 1910s for use in rural southeast Minnesota. Likely demolished (see talk page). Photo is of the site only. | |
5 | Chatfield Public Library |
(#82005033) |
Main Street 43°50′41″N 92°11′14″W / 43.844674°N 92.187336°W |
Chatfield | 1915 Prairie School Carnegie library designed by Claude and Starck. | |
6 | Commercial House Hotel |
(#01000747) |
146 South Broadway 43°41′13″N 92°23′29″W / 43.687069°N 92.391297°W |
Spring Valley | Hotel built in 1874 and twice expanded, a key amenity in the commercial development of Spring Valley from the railroad into the automobile era. | |
7 | Daniel Dayton House |
(#77000732) |
Off County Highway 17 43°34′46″N 92°04′13″W / 43.579509°N 92.070376°W |
Harmony vicinity | One of Minnesota's few surviving stagecoach inns, built in 1857 on the Dubuque–St. Paul Stage Road. Also noted for its stone architecture and association with Harmony Township's pioneer era. | |
8 | Samuel Thompson Dickson House |
(#85001755) |
225 3rd Street SW 43°50′35″N 92°11′28″W / 43.843135°N 92.191013°W |
Chatfield | 1863 house of a prosperous mill owner, best surviving symbol of Chatfield's once-robust flour milling industry. | |
9 | Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House |
(#82002947) |
Houston and Preston Streets 43°40′15″N 92°05′07″W / 43.670953°N 92.085139°W |
Preston | Fillmore County's long-serving law complex, with an Italianate jail/office/residence built 1869–70 and adjacent carriage house built c. 1900. Now a bed and breakfast. | |
10 | Forestville Townsite (Meighan Store) |
(#73000976) |
County Highway 12 in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park 43°38′34″N 92°12′54″W / 43.642881°N 92.215065°W |
Forestville Township | 1853 townsite representative of the rapid frontier settlement following the treaties of 1851. Also associated with populist political figures William and Thomas Meighan. Now a Minnesota Historical Society living history museum. | |
11 | George H. Haven House |
(#82000559) |
132 Winona Street 43°50′50″N 92°11′11″W / 43.847119°N 92.186523°W |
Chatfield | 1874 Italianate house with an 1892 Greek Revival annex. | |
12 | Inspiration Point Wayside Rest |
(#15000790) |
MN 16, 2 mi. SW. of Cty. Rd. 21 43°41′39″N 91°59′48″W / 43.694028°N 91.996667°W |
Lanesboro vicinity | One of Minnesota's early NPS rustic style roadside parks established by the state highway department with New Deal assistance, constructed 1934–37, and its only surviving example built by a Civilian Conservation Corps erosion control camp. | |
13 | Lanesboro Historic District |
(#82002946) |
Roughly Kirkwood, Coffee, and Parkway Streets 43°43′15″N 91°58′37″W / 43.720934°N 91.977032°W |
Lanesboro | Well-preserved commercial and industrial districts of a 19th-century milling and railroad town, with 36 contributing properties. | |
14 | Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church |
(#82001892) |
County Highways 23 and 24 43°34′26″N 91°52′48″W / 43.573823°N 91.880135°W |
Canton vicinity | Church built 1856–1865, anchor of one of Fillmore County's few settlements established before railroad access. | |
15 | Ellen M. Lovell House |
(#82001893) |
218 Winona Street 43°50′48″N 92°11′10″W / 43.846661°N 92.186014°W |
Chatfield | 1896 house also known as Oakwenwald Terrace, nominated as one of Minnesota's leading examples of Shingle style architecture. Now a bed and breakfast. | |
16 | Milwaukee Elevator |
(#06000454) |
Fillmore Street and Root River State Trail 43°40′14″N 92°04′46″W / 43.670448°N 92.079468°W |
Preston | 1902 grain elevator typifying the engineering and construction of such structures in rural Minnesota. | |
17 | Norway Township Stone House |
(#82005034) |
County Highway 10 43°43′49″N 91°46′58″W / 43.730177°N 91.782666°W |
Rushford vicinity | c. 1870s house significant for its locally unique masonry construction and its association with Fillmore County's Norwegian immigrant settlement, particularly Norway Township—one of southeast Minnesota's earliest and largest such communities. | |
18 | Parsons Block and Hall |
(#82000560) |
112 South Broadway 43°41′15″N 92°23′28″W / 43.687437°N 92.391189°W |
Spring Valley | Elaborate 1871 Italianate building with a second-floor meeting hall, which provided essential commercial and social space in burgeoning Spring Valley. | |
19 | Pietenpol Workshop and Garage |
(#82002949) |
County Highway 5 43°35′17″N 92°17′19″W / 43.588065°N 92.288745°W |
Cherry Grove | 1921 workshop of Bernard Pietenpol (1901–1984), pioneering designer of homemade aircraft. | |
20 | Preston Brewery |
(#82005035) |
Bluff Street 43°40′24″N 92°04′38″W / 43.673378°N 92.077296°W |
Preston | 1859 brewery, Fillmore County's oldest surviving industrial building and a symbol of Preston's early settlement. | |
21 | Preston Overlook |
(#03000732) |
On U.S. Route 52 43°40′25″N 92°04′25″W / 43.673494°N 92.073578°W |
Preston | Exemplary early Minnesota highway wayside, built 1937–38. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design by landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols. | |
22 | Quickstad Farm Implement Company |
(#82005036) |
Mill Street 43°47′11″N 91°50′03″W / 43.786495°N 91.834129°W |
Peterson | 1875 and 1901 buildings representative of the area's agricultural manufacturing economy. The latter building also exemplifies Fillmore County's stone industrial facilities. | |
23 | Rushford City Mill |
(#82002806) |
301 Winona Street 43°48′52″N 91°45′20″W / 43.81453°N 91.755626°W |
Rushford | 1875 mill representing Rushford's industrial development and Fillmore County's importance as Minnesota's first wheat and flour producing region. | |
24 | Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company |
(#82002948) |
Elm Street 43°48′33″N 91°45′18″W / 43.80909°N 91.754867°W |
Rushford | Sole remaining building of a factory complex established in 1872, source of the widely used Rushford Wagon and a symbol of Rushford's agricultural manufacturing industry. | |
25 | Michael Scanlan House |
(#82005037) |
708 Parkway South 43°42′46″N 91°58′35″W / 43.712778°N 91.976389°W |
Lanesboro | c. 1892 Queen Anne house of a prominent Lanesboro resident active in commerce and politics. Now a bed and breakfast. | |
26 | Southern Minnesota Depot |
(#86001363) |
Elm Street and Pickle Alley 43°48′25″N 91°45′19″W / 43.807029°N 91.755295°W |
Rushford | 1867 railway station symbolizing the impact of the Southern Minnesota Railroad on Rushford, whose development exploded upon becoming the line's western terminus. Now a museum and visitor center. | |
27 | Spring Valley Carnegie Library |
(#82002951) |
201 South Broadway 43°41′12″N 92°23′26″W / 43.686667°N 92.390556°W |
Spring Valley | 1904 Carnegie library noted as an intact small-town example of Beaux-Arts architecture and as a symbol of Spring Valley's early-20th-century progressivism. | |
28 | Spring Valley Mausoleum |
(#82004911) |
Spring Valley Cemetery 43°40′57″N 92°22′49″W / 43.6826°N 92.380224°W |
Spring Valley | Mausoleum built 1913–14 as a symbol of Spring Valley's rising affluence and modernity during the Progressive Era. | |
29 | Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church |
(#75000979) |
221 West Courtland Street 43°41′17″N 92°23′35″W / 43.688097°N 92.392965°W |
Spring Valley | Victorian Gothic church built 1876–78, noted for its polychrome façade and numerous stained glass windows. Now the Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum. | |
30 | Ephraim Steffens House |
(#82002952) |
404 North Broadway 43°41′29″N 92°23′33″W / 43.691421°N 92.392573°W |
Spring Valley | 1877 Victorian Gothic house of a prosperous local entrepreneur and politician. | |
31 | William Strong House |
(#82002953) |
508 North Huron Avenue 43°41′35″N 92°23′44″W / 43.692941°N 92.395502°W |
Spring Valley | 1879 Second Empire house of wealthy local banker William H. Strong (d. 1909). | |
32 | William Strong House |
(#82005040) |
County Highway 12 43°39′37″N 92°09′32″W / 43.660246°N 92.158974°W |
Carimona Township | William Strong's earlier house, dating to the late 1850s; the only surviving structure of an 1853 village significant to Fillmore County's early settlement and government. | |
33 | Tunnel Mill |
(#75000978) |
Off County Highway 1 43°45′43″N 92°22′48″W / 43.761811°N 92.380018°W |
Spring Valley vicinity | 1871 gristmill uniquely powered by a tunnel shortcutting a horseshoe bend in a creek; the last surviving representative of one of Minnesota's key milling regions in northwestern Fillmore County. Now a craft smithing center. | |
34 | Walker and Valentine House |
(#82005039) |
504 High Street 43°48′55″N 91°45′18″W / 43.815398°N 91.755044°W |
Rushford | Semi-detached house built 1859–61 for two of Rushford's founders and early industrial entrepreneurs. Also noted for its local stone construction. | |
35 | Wykoff Commercial Historic District |
(#94000831) |
100 South Gold–123 North Gold Street 43°42′26″N 92°16′06″W / 43.70733°N 92.268301°W |
Wykoff | Well preserved and architecturally cohesive commercial district of a railway-based agricultural center, with 17 contributing properties mostly dating to the 1890s. |