Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works

The Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works is a historic foundry building in Hastings, Minnesota, United States. Located at 707 First Street East, it was built by A. R. Morrell, an ironsmith from Vermont, in 1859. The building is historically significant as the location where the first steam engine in Minnesota was built (1860). In 1861 the engine for the Stella Whipple was manufactured there as well. Iron for bridges and engines for railroad elevators, automobiles, and river boats were manufactured in this earliest surviving industrial site in the state.[2][3]

Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Hastings Foundry-Star Iron Works from the south
Location	Hastings, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°44′44″N 92°50′39″W
Built	1859
Architect	A.R. Morrell
NRHP reference No.	79001229[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1979

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "Historic Sites:Hastings". Dakota County Historical Society. 2005. Archived from the original on 2004-05-11. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
3. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.