National Register of Historic Places listings in Nicollet County, Minnesota

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.

Location of Nicollet County in Minnesota

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 January 29, 2021.[1]

Current listings

[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed[3] Location City or town Description
1 Broadway Bridge
Broadway Bridge
August 5, 1999
(#99000934)
Minnesota Highway 99 over the Minnesota River
44°19′29″N 93°57′11″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
Center Building-Minnesota Hospital for The Insane
July 31, 1986
(#86002117)
Freeman Dr.
44°18′19″N 93°58′40″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
Church of the Holy Communion
May 19, 1983
(#83000914)
116 N. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′36″N 93°57′20″W
St. Peter 1870 Gothic Revival church of Kasota limestone, designed by Henry Martyn Congdon.[5]
4 Eugene Saint Julien Cox House
Eugene Saint Julien Cox House
November 20, 1970
(#70000305)
500 N. Washington Ave.
44°19′56″N 93°57′42″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
Frederick A. Donahower House
May 19, 1983
(#83000915)
720 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′13″N 93°57′40″W
St. Peter c. 1875 brick Italianate house with limestone trim.[5]
6 Fort Ridgely
Fort Ridgely
December 2, 1970
(#70000304)
Minnesota Highway 4
44°27′11″N 94°44′04″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
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
New Ulm 27 Rustic Style park structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the mid-1930s.[8]
8 Alexander Harkin Store
Alexander Harkin Store
June 4, 1973
(#73000989)
County highway 21
44°23′13″N 94°35′56″W
New Ulm 1871 rural store and post office, now a Minnesota Historical Society museum with much of the original inventory intact.[9]
9 John A. Johnson House
John A. Johnson House
May 19, 1983
(#83000916)
418 N. 3rd St.
44°19′47″N 93°57′17″W
St. Peter 1905 frame house of three-term governor John Albert Johnson.[5]
10 Sarah and Thomas Montgomery House
Sarah and Thomas Montgomery House
December 13, 2000
(#00001509)
408 Washington Ave. S
44°19′32″N 93°57′51″W
St. Peter 1874 brick Italianate house.[5]
11 Nicollet County Bank
Nicollet County Bank
May 19, 1983
(#83000917)
224 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′28″N 93°57′27″W
St. Peter 1887 brick Queen Anne bank with Kasota limestone trim.[5] Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District.[10]
12 Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail
Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail
September 6, 2002
(#02000939)
501 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′18″N 93°57′31″W
St. Peter 1881 brick Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by Edward Bassford, and 1907 brick Queen Anne jailhouse.[5]
13 Nicollet House Hotel
Nicollet House Hotel
May 12, 1975
(#75000998)
120 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′31″N 93°57′24″W
St. Peter 1874 brick Italianate hotel designed by Edward Bassford.[5]
14 Norseland General Store
Norseland General Store
May 19, 1983
(#83000918)
Minnesota Highway 22
44°24′43″N 94°06′56″W
Lake Prairie Township c. 1900 rural store.[5]
15 North Mankato Public School
North Mankato Public School
January 27, 1983
(#83000919)
442 Belgrade Ave.
44°10′13″N 94°00′48″W
North Mankato 1890 brick Queen Anne school with a 1904 addition.[5]
16 Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College
Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College
May 12, 1976
(#76001065)
Gustavus Adolphus College campus
44°19′23″N 93°58′14″W
St. Peter 1876 Italianate campus building of Kasota limestone, designed by Edward Bassford.[5]
17 Emily and Stephen Schumacher House
Emily and Stephen Schumacher House
December 13, 2000
(#00001507)
202 3rd St., N.
44°19′40″N 93°57′23″W
St. Peter 1888 brick Queen Anne house.[5]
18 St. Peter Armory
St. Peter Armory
January 9, 1997
(#96001558)
419 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′21″N 93°57′29″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.[11]
19 St. Peter Carnegie Library
St. Peter Carnegie Library
May 19, 1983
(#83000920)
429 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′21″N 93°57′29″W
St. Peter 1904 Classical Revival Carnegie library.[5]
20 St. Peter Commercial Historic District
St. Peter Commercial Historic District
January 12, 2001
(#00001610)
Minnesota Ave. between Broadway and Grace Sts.
44°19′28″N 93°57′24″W
St. Peter Late-19th and early-20th-century commercial buildings, largely of brick with stone trim.[5]
21 William E. Stewart House
William E. Stewart House
November 8, 1984
(#84000223)
733 Range St.
44°10′30″N 94°00′32″W
North Mankato 1910 brick house and outbuildings built adjacent to owner's brickyard.[5]
22 Henry A. Swift House
Henry A. Swift House
May 19, 1983
(#83000921)
820 S. Minnesota Ave.
44°19′10″N 93°57′42″W
St. Peter 1858 Federal/Italianate house of politician Henry Adoniram Swift.[5]
23 Traverse des Sioux
Traverse des Sioux
March 20, 1973
(#73000990)
2 miles north of St. Peter off U.S. Route 169
44°21′23″N 93°57′15″W
St. Peter An important river crossing from prehistory into the fur trade era, and site of U.S.–Dakota negotiations for the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. Now a state and Nicollet County Historical Society site.[12]
24 Union Presbyterian Church
Union Presbyterian Church
May 19, 1983
(#83000922)
311 W. Locust St.
44°19′15″N 93°57′45″W
St. Peter 1872 Gothic Revival church of Kasota limestone.[5]

Former listings

[2] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Summary
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.[13]
2 St. Peter Central School
St. Peter Central School
October 29, 1980
(#80002092)
October 5, 2000 300 S. 5th St.
44°19′33″N 93°57′45″W
St. Peter Destroyed in the 1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak. Original façade worked into Central Square Apartments on the same site.

See also

References

  1. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on January 29, 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Hess, Jeffrey A. (September 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Broadway Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-09. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  6. 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.
  7. "Fort Ridgely". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  8. "Fort Ridgely State Park". Rustic Style Resources in Minnesota State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  9. "Harkin Store". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  10. "St. Peter Commercial Historic District". Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07.
  11. Granger, Susan; Kay Grossman (1996-02-15). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Peter Armory". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-21. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Traverse des Sioux". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  13. "Changes to the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, 2003-2010". Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
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