National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Minnesota facts for kids

Location of Washington County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington 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 44 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including one National Historic Landmark. A supplementary list includes two additional sites that were formerly on the National Register.

History

Many of the historic properties are associated with the timber industry, which began just after treaties with the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians were signed in 1837. The first sawmill in the state was established in Marine Mills (now Marine on St. Croix) in 1839. Other towns along the St. Croix River were associated with the lumber trade: Stillwater, Lakeland, and Point Douglas. Many of the houses in Stillwater are associated with wealthy lumbermen. Railroads and other industries also played a part in the development of the county.

Several of these properties are listed in the "Washington County Multiple Resource Area".

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Moritz Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse		March 5, 2008 (#08000133)	805 S. Main St. 45°03′05″N 92°48′05″W / 45.051338°N 92.801304°W / 45.051338; -92.801304 (Moritz Bergstein Shoddy Mill and Warehouse)	Stillwater	Fabric recycling and mattress manufacturing facility active ca.-1890–1910, an embodiment of Minnesota's early Jewish immigrants and their frequent participation in the waste materials trade. Moved to current site in November 2012.
2	Erastus Bolles House		April 20, 1982 (#82003072)	1741 Stagecoach Trail 44°55′25″N 92°48′05″W / 44.923553°N 92.801339°W / 44.923553; -92.801339 (Erastus Bolles House)	Afton	1856 Greek Revival house of a small New Englander settlement on Valley Creek.
3	Bridge No. 5721		July 13, 1998 (#98000717)	Gateway State Trail over Manning Ave. 45°06′16″N 92°51′54″W / 45.104505°N 92.864902°W / 45.104505; -92.864902 (Bridge No. 5721)	Stillwater Township	Truss bridge rare for its wrought iron construction and ornamental detailing, built in 1877 before the transition to steel, refurbished and erected in Koochiching County in 1937, and relocated to present site in 2011.
4	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House		July 13, 1977 (#77000773)	233–335 Water St. 45°03′18″N 92°48′16″W / 45.055097°N 92.80455°W / 45.055097; -92.80455 (Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House)	Stillwater	1883 passenger and freight depot with a telegraph and Railway Express Agency office, significant in local transportation, commerce, communication, and engineering. Also a contributing property to the Stillwater Commercial Historic District. Now a restaurant.
5	John Copas House		July 21, 1980 (#80002176)	19489 St. Croix Tr. N. 45°13′52″N 92°45′48″W / 45.23099°N 92.7632°W / 45.23099; -92.7632 (John Copas House)	Copas	c. 1880 house of an early settler and leading figure in a community platted in 1857 and ultimately named in his honor.
6	Cushing Hotel		January 17, 1985 (#85000098)	3291 St. Croix Trail Ave. S. 44°54′03″N 92°46′58″W / 44.900893°N 92.78276°W / 44.900893; -92.78276 (Cushing Hotel)	Afton	1867 hotel exemplifying the commercial lodging common to mid-19th-century river towns. Now the Afton House Inn.
7	John T. Cyphers House		September 10, 1971 (#71000442)	661 Quinnell Ave. N. 44°57′30″N 92°45′59″W / 44.958208°N 92.766406°W / 44.958208; -92.766406 (John T. Cyphers House)	Lakeland	Unusual 1858 house with Northern European-style masonry of mortared unsplit boulders, particularly rare in a logging region with plentiful lumber.
8	District No. 34 School		May 19, 2014 (#14000220)	13728 St. Croix Trail S. 44°45′05″N 92°49′01″W / 44.751494°N 92.817044°W / 44.751494; -92.817044 (District No. 34 School)	Denmark Township	Representative example of a rural one-room schoolhouse of the mid-19th-century, active c. 1852–1946.
9	Johannes Erickson House		June 17, 1976 (#76001078)	14020 195th St. 45°13′54″N 92°49′16″W / 45.231711°N 92.820981°W / 45.231711; -92.820981 (Johannes Erickson House)	Scandia	1868 gambrel-roofed log cabin, a rare surviving example of a style brought to Minnesota by Swedish immigrants from Dalsland and Småland. Now part of a museum alongside the Hay Lake School.
10	John P. Furber House		April 20, 1982 (#82003074)	7310 Lamar Ave. 44°50′36″N 92°52′55″W / 44.843356°N 92.88195°W / 44.843356; -92.88195 (John P. Furber House)	Cottage Grove	1871 house built the same year Furber formally platted the twenty-year-old settlement of Cottage Grove, representing a phenomenon in early Washington County towns of platting well after communities had already been established.
11	Newington Gilbert House		April 20, 1982 (#82003073)	1678 Stagecoach Trail 44°55′29″N 92°48′11″W / 44.924599°N 92.802963°W / 44.924599; -92.802963 (Newington Gilbert House)	Afton	1864 Greek Revival house of a small New Englander settlement on Valley Creek.
12	Grey Cloud Lime Kiln		December 18, 1978 (#78001568)	10398 Grey Cloud Island Trail 44°47′54″N 92°58′41″W / 44.798406°N 92.978055°W / 44.798406; -92.978055 (Grey Cloud Lime Kiln)	Cottage Grove	Well preserved example of an early lime kiln, an important industry among Minnesota pioneers, which produced lime for construction and fertilizer ca. 1850–1900. Collapsed on June 20, 2014; NRHP status to be reviewed.
13	Hay Lake School		July 1, 1970 (#70000312)	14020 195th St. 45°13′54″N 92°49′13″W / 45.231684°N 92.820289°W / 45.231684; -92.820289 (Hay Lake School)	Scandia	Scandia's first school building, in use 1895–1962. Now part of a Washington County Historical Society museum alongside the Johannes Erickson House.
14	Roscoe Hersey House		February 19, 1982 (#82003084)	416 S. 4th St. 45°03′09″N 92°48′33″W / 45.052458°N 92.809159°W / 45.052458; -92.809159 (Roscoe Hersey House)	Stillwater	1880 Eastlake/Queen Anne house of a key figure in Stillwater's lumber and mercantile development, the son and local representative of Isaac Staples' Maine-based business partner Samuel F. Hersey.
15	Mitchell Jackson Farmhouse		February 19, 1982 (#82003075)	16376 7th St. Lane S. 44°56′14″N 92°46′34″W / 44.937211°N 92.776143°W / 44.937211; -92.776143 (Mitchell Jackson Farmhouse)	Lakeland	Farmhouse of early settler Mitchell Y. Jackson (1816–1900), remembered for an informative and wide-ranging diary kept 1852–1863.
16	Capt. Austin Jenks House		April 20, 1982 (#82003085)	504 S. 5th St. 45°03′05″N 92°48′36″W / 45.051364°N 92.810011°W / 45.051364; -92.810011 (Capt. Austin Jenks House)	Stillwater	1871 house of a prominent river pilot involved with timber rafting on the St. Croix and Mississippi.
17	Albert Lammers House		April 20, 1982 (#82003076)	1306 S. 3rd St. 45°02′40″N 92°48′24″W / 45.044368°N 92.806591°W / 45.044368; -92.806591 (Albert Lammers House)	Stillwater	c. 1893 house associated with brothers Albert and George Lammers, who expanded the state's lumber industry into northwest Minnesota. Also noted for the most elaborate Queen Anne architecture in Stillwater.
18	Log Cabin		December 27, 2007 (#07001317)	15021 60th St. N. 45°02′07″N 92°48′07″W / 45.03527°N 92.801811°W / 45.03527; -92.801811 (Log Cabin)	Oak Park Heights	1932 restaurant noted for its quaint log cabin motif designed to attract the first generation of motorists and its associations with the St. Croix Valley's Prohibition-era roadhouse network. Now Phil's Tara Hideaway.
19	Marine Mill Site		January 26, 1970 (#70000311)	Mill Reservation, Block 47 45°11′54″N 92°46′06″W / 45.198244°N 92.768195°W / 45.198244; -92.768195 (Marine Mill Site)	Marine on St. Croix	Site of Minnesota's first commercial sawmill, active 1839–1888, nucleus of the region's lumber industry and a major landing on its crucial transportation route. Also a contributing property to the Marine on St. Croix Historic District. Now a Minnesota Historical Society site.
20	Marine on St. Croix Historic District		June 28, 1974 (#74001043)	Roughly bounded by the St. Croix River, railroad tracks, and Kennedy and Spruce Sts. 45°11′55″N 92°46′11″W / 45.198628°N 92.769721°W / 45.198628; -92.769721 (Marine on St. Croix Historic District)	Marine on St. Croix	Mid-19th-century river town, birthplace of the Minnesota lumber industry, with a well-preserved business district and residential areas of its Yankee upper class and Swedish working class.
21	Ivory McKusick House		April 20, 1982 (#82003077)	504 N. 2nd St. 45°03′37″N 92°48′34″W / 45.060201°N 92.80933°W / 45.060201; -92.80933 (Ivory McKusick House)	Stillwater	Distinctive 1868 Second Empire house associated with an influential local family. Ivory McCusick was a notable lumberman, surveyor, and businessman while his brother John platted Stillwater and founded its first sawmill.
22	Minnesota Territorial/State Prison Warden's House		December 17, 1974 (#74001044)	602 N. Main St. 45°03′42″N 92°48′27″W / 45.061632°N 92.8075°W / 45.061632; -92.8075 (Minnesota Territorial/State Prison Warden's House)	Stillwater	Prison warden's residence used 1853–1914, only surviving structure of the prison's Minnesota Territory period and chief remnant of its statehood years. Now the Warden's House Museum.
23	John and Martin Mower House and Arcola Mill Site		June 17, 1980 (#80000407)	12905 Arcola Trail N. 45°08′17″N 92°45′06″W / 45.138094°N 92.751689°W / 45.138094; -92.751689 (John and Martin Mower House and Arcola Mill Site)	Arcola	Exemplary 1847 Greek Revival house and remnants of one of the first St. Croix Valley sawmills, nucleus of an early lumber town. Now an education and event venue.
24	Nelson School		October 25, 1979 (#79001257)	1018 S. 1st St. 45°02′48″N 92°48′14″W / 45.046722°N 92.803956°W / 45.046722; -92.803956 (Nelson School)	Stillwater	Oldest standing school building in Stillwater, built in 1897 and also noted for its Neoclassical/Georgian Revival architecture by Orff & Guilbert.
25	Capt. John Oliver House		December 16, 1977 (#77000772)	1544 Rivercrest Rd. 44°58′16″N 92°46′20″W / 44.971195°N 92.772146°W / 44.971195; -92.772146 (Capt. John Oliver House)	Lakeland	1849 house of one of Lakeland's founding families, an early settler whose sons helped organize the town and its school system. Also one of Minnesota's few surviving Greek Revival houses of its era.
26	Pest House		June 17, 1980 (#80000408)	North of Stillwater at 9033 Fairy Falls Rd. 45°04′48″N 92°48′20″W / 45.07989°N 92.805636°W / 45.07989; -92.805636 (Pest House)	Stillwater vicinity	Community quarantine facility used c. 1872–1910, an example of a common public health measure of the late-19th/early-20th centuries. Now a private home.
27	Point Douglas-St. Louis River Road Bridge		February 24, 1975 (#75001033)	Off County Highway 5 45°04′32″N 92°49′44″W / 45.075556°N 92.828889°W / 45.075556; -92.828889 (Point Douglas-St. Louis River Road Bridge)	Stillwater vicinity	1863 arch bridge built on the Point Douglas to Superior Military Road, noted for its stone engineering and as a remnant of Minnesota's early government roads.
28	St. Croix Boom Company House and Barn		June 3, 1980 (#80000409)	Northeast of Stillwater at 9666 N. St. Croix Trail 45°05′11″N 92°47′06″W / 45.086468°N 92.784972°W / 45.086468; -92.784972 (St. Croix Boom Company House and Barn)	Stillwater vicinity	Only surviving buildings associated with the St. Croix Boom Site, built c. 1885 for a superintendent serving 1871–1905.
29	St. Croix Boom Site		November 13, 1966 (#66000407)	3 miles north of Stillwater on the St. Croix River 45°05′04″N 92°47′11″W / 45.084398°N 92.786346°W / 45.084398; -92.786346 (St. Croix Boom Site)	Stillwater vicinity	Site of Minnesota's earliest, longest-serving, and most important log boom, where lumber was stored and sorted 1856–1914 at the terminus of the St. Croix River's great log drives. Now a highway wayside.
30	St. Croix Lumber Mills-Stillwater Manufacturing Company		April 20, 1982 (#82003081)	318 N. Main 45°03′36″N 92°48′27″W / 45.059927°N 92.807535°W / 45.059927; -92.807535 (St. Croix Lumber Mills-Stillwater Manufacturing Company)	Stillwater	1850 stone powerhouse—the only surviving industrial structure associated with major Stillwater-based businessman Isaac Staples (1816–1898)—and adjacent 1900 factory.
31	St. Croix River Access Site		August 23, 1984 (#84001712)	Address restricted	Stillwater vicinity	c. 800–1700 habitation site with a large quantity of stone tool artifacts, potentially illuminating Late Woodland period cultural relationships, lithic technology, and resource use.
32	William Sauntry House and Recreation Hall		April 20, 1982 (#82003080)	626 N. 4th St. and 625 N. 5th St. 45°03′40″N 92°48′46″W / 45.061159°N 92.812822°W / 45.061159; -92.812822 (William Sauntry House and Recreation Hall)	Stillwater	1891 Queen Anne house of a prosperous lumberman, with a unique Moorish Revival recreation hall added in 1902. Now a bed & breakfast.
33	Schilling Archeological District		December 22, 1978 (#78001569)	Address restricted	Cottage Grove	Habitation site and mound group spanning 1000 BCE to 1700 CE, noted for a rare Early Woodland Period component, Middle Mississippian cultural influences, and potential to show climatic adaptations over time.
34	Cordenio Severance House		June 3, 1976 (#76001077)	6940 Keats Ave. S. 44°50′56″N 92°54′17″W / 44.848989°N 92.904755°W / 44.848989; -92.904755 (Cordenio Severance House)	Cottage Grove vicinity	Opulent country home of attorney Cordenio Severance (1862–1925), remodeled in 1917 by architect Cass Gilbert and also known as Cedarhurst. Now an event venue.
35	Benjamin B. Sheffield House		June 3, 1980 (#80002177)	North of Stillwater at 4 Croixside Rd. 45°09′18″N 92°45′32″W / 45.1549°N 92.75881°W / 45.1549; -92.75881 (Benjamin B. Sheffield House)	Stillwater vicinity	1922 log house significant as one of the earliest summer homes on the St. Croix River and for its rustic architecture.
36	Soo Line High Bridge		August 22, 1977 (#77000056)	Over the St. Croix River, 5 miles north of Stillwater 45°07′23″N 92°44′39″W / 45.1231°N 92.7442°W / 45.1231; -92.7442 (Soo Line High Bridge)	Stillwater vicinity	Dramatic 2,600-foot-long (790 m), 184-foot-high (56 m) multi-span steel arch bridge built 1910–11, noted for its exceptional dimensions, beauty, innovative engineering techniques, and importance. Extends into St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
37	Charles Spangenberg Farmstead		December 5, 1978 (#78001570)	9431 Dale Rd. 44°52′33″N 92°54′52″W / 44.875833°N 92.914444°W / 44.875833; -92.914444 (Charles Spangenberg Farmstead)	Woodbury	One of Washington County's few remaining 19th-century farmsteads, with an 1871 farmhouse, c. 1875 granary, and c. 1887 barn.
38	State Prison Historic District		July 10, 1986 (#86001574)	5500 Pickett Ave. 45°01′40″N 92°47′15″W / 45.027771°N 92.78755°W / 45.027771; -92.78755 (State Prison Historic District)	Bayport	Maximum-security prison complex with 22 contributing properties built 1910–14, the influential American debut of a central-spine-and-crosstree design originated at Fresnes Prison in France.
39	Stillwater Bridge		May 25, 1989 (#89000445)	Minnesota Highway 36/Wisconsin Highway 64 over the St. Croix River 45°03′23″N 92°48′12″W / 45.056389°N 92.803333°W / 45.056389; -92.803333 (Stillwater Bridge)	Stillwater	Rare example of a vertical-lift highway bridge based on a Waddell & Harrington design, built in 1931. Extends into St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
40	Stillwater Commercial Historic District		March 26, 1992 (#92000288)	Vicinity of Main, 2nd, and Chestnut Sts. 45°03′21″N 92°48′21″W / 45.055802°N 92.805827°W / 45.055802; -92.805827 (Stillwater Commercial Historic District)	Stillwater	11-block central business district reflecting the economic and architectural diversity of a prosperous lumbering and manufacturing center, with 63 contributing properties built 1860–1940.
41	Stillwater Overlook		December 27, 2007 (#07001318)	Lookout Trail near 63rd St. N. 45°02′26″N 92°47′45″W / 45.040524°N 92.795795°W / 45.040524; -92.795795 (Stillwater Overlook)	Oak Park Heights	Exemplary early wayside rest developed 1938–39 by the Minnesota Department of Highways. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design by landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols.
42	Henry Stussi House		April 20, 1982 (#82003082)	9097 Mendel Rd. 45°04′50″N 92°50′45″W / 45.080598°N 92.845898°W / 45.080598; -92.845898 (Henry Stussi House)	Stillwater vicinity	One of Washington County's finest rural houses, built in the late 1870s from a Palliser, Palliser & Company pattern book for a notable figure in the local milling and ice industries.
43	Washington County Courthouse		August 26, 1971 (#71000443)	W. Pine St. at S. 3rd St. 45°03′06″N 92°48′27″W / 45.051646°N 92.80738°W / 45.051646; -92.80738 (Washington County Courthouse)	Stillwater	Built in 1870, nominated as Minnesota's oldest functioning courthouse and one of its few surviving examples of monumental public architecture from the mid-19th century. Now an exhibition hall.
44	Mortimer Webster House		April 20, 1982 (#82003083)	435 S. Broadway 45°03′11″N 92°48′16″W / 45.053071°N 92.804306°W / 45.053071; -92.804306 (Mortimer Webster House)	Stillwater	Stillwater's leading example of Italianate architecture, built 1865–66 for a notable local entrepreneur.

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Heath Summer Residence		February 12, 1980 (#80002178)	January 14, 1987	Arcola Tr.	Stillwater Township	1911 summer home, one of the earliest on the St. Croix River. Destroyed by arson on July 20, 1986, during a period of vacancy.
2	Territorial/State Prison		April 20, 1982 (#82003079)	January 7, 2005	Main and Laurel Sts.	Stillwater	Prison's manual labor complex, built 1884–1898. Destroyed by arson in 2002.