National Register of Historic Places listings in Steele County, Minnesota

Location of Steele County in Minnesota

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.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 18, 2023. ^[1]

Current listings

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[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [3]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Ezra Abbott House	Ezra Abbott House More images	June 10, 1975 (#75001029)	345 East Broadway 44°05′04″N93°13′08″W / 44.084518°N 93.218957°W / 44.084518; -93.218957 (Ezra Abbott House)	Owatonna	Circa-1860 house of an influential early settler of Owatonna. [4]
2	Dr. John H. Adair House	Dr. John H. Adair House	July 3, 1986 (#86001406)	322 East Vine Street 44°05′10″N93°13′12″W / 44.08604°N 93.220047°W / 44.08604; -93.220047 (Dr. John H. Adair House)	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	Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected Children More images	May 12, 1975 (#75001030)	West Hills Circle 44°05′22″N93°14′17″W / 44.08939°N 93.23815°W / 44.08939; -93.23815 (Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected Children)	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	Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District	August 5, 1994 (#94000832)	Main Street, East between Highway Avenue and 2nd Avenue, N.E. 43°52′00″N93°03′05″W / 43.866696°N 93.051257°W / 43.866696; -93.051257 (Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District)	Blooming Prairie	Unusually intact business district of an agricultural trade center on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, with 20 contributing properties built 1893–1932. [8]
5	Bridge No. L-5573	Bridge No. L-5573 More images	January 25, 1997 (#96001613)	Township Road 95 over the Straight River, east of U.S. Route 65 44°08′34″N93°14′39″W / 44.142763°N 93.244172°W / 44.142763; -93.244172 (Bridge No. L-5573)	Clinton Falls Township	Also known as the Clinton Falls Bridge; an early use of steel for a truss bridge in Minnesota, constructed in 1894. [9]
6	Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children	Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children	December 28, 2010 (#10001089)	Roughly bounded by West Hills Drive, State Avenue, and Florence Avenue 44°05′25″N93°14′15″W / 44.090278°N 93.2375°W / 44.090278; -93.2375 (Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children)	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. [10] Now the West Hills Complex.
7	National Farmers' Bank	National Farmers' Bank More images	August 26, 1971 (#71000441)	101 North Cedar Street 44°05′06″N93°13′33″W / 44.085017°N 93.22579°W / 44.085017; -93.22579 (National Farmers' Bank)	Owatonna	Architecturally significant bank building designed by Louis Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie, the first of Sullivan's late-career "jewel box" banks. [11] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. [12]
8	Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall	Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall	January 31, 1997 (#97000019)	107 West Main Street 44°05′01″N93°13′35″W / 44.083481°N 93.226502°W / 44.083481; -93.226502 (Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall)	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. [13] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. [12]
9	Owatonna Commercial Historic District	Owatonna Commercial Historic District	February 2, 2015 (#14001237)	Roughly bounded by North Cedar Avenue, West & East Broadway, West Bridge & West Main Streets 44°05′04″N93°13′39″W / 44.0844°N 93.2275°W / 44.0844; -93.2275 (Owatonna Commercial Historic District)	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. [12]
10	Owatonna Free Public Library	Owatonna Free Public Library	June 7, 1976 (#76001075)	105 North Elm Street 44°05′06″N93°13′23″W / 44.085112°N 93.223117°W / 44.085112; -93.223117 (Owatonna Free Public Library)	Owatonna	1899 public library noted for its Neoclassical architecture and contribution to Owatonna's intellectual and cultural development. [14]
11	Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District	Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District More images	January 22, 1987 (#86003680)	Roughly Academy, Grove, and Main Streets 44°04′56″N93°13′10″W / 44.0822°N 93.2195°W / 44.0822; -93.2195 (Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District)	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. [15] A boundary increase was approved on May 17, 2021.
12	Daniel S. Piper House	Daniel S. Piper House	February 24, 1975 (#75001028)	County Highway 45 44°10′01″N93°14′47″W / 44.167044°N 93.246256°W / 44.167044; -93.246256 (Daniel S. Piper House)	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. [16]
13	Steele County Courthouse	Steele County Courthouse More images	June 3, 1976 (#76001076)	111 East Main Street 44°05′00″N93°13′32″W / 44.083235°N 93.225461°W / 44.083235; -93.225461 (Steele County Courthouse)	Owatonna	1891 courthouse, noted for its Romanesque Revival architecture and long service as Steele County's government seat. [17] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. [12]

Former listings

[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Clinton Falls Mills and Dam		July 3, 1986 (#86001462)	December 8, 2004	off Co. Hwy. 9	Clinton Falls Township	Dam and water-powered grist mill built 1856–59. [18] Demolished in 2003. [19]
2	Kaplan Apartments		July 3, 1986 (#86001464)	September 20, 2007	115 West Rose Street	Owatonna	1912 apartment house of Owatonna Tool Company founder Godfrey J. Kaplan. [20] Demolished in 2005. [19]
3	Owatonna High School	Owatonna High School	July 31, 1986 (#86002124)	August 2, 2000	333 East School Street 44°04′46″N93°13′12″W / 44.079516°N 93.220008°W / 44.079516; -93.220008 (Owatonna High School)	Owatonna	1920 Classical Revival school. [21] Delisted after being altered in 1998. [22]
4	Owatonna Water Works Power Station		August 13, 1986 (#86001483)	June 7, 1993	West School Street and Mosher Avenue	Owatonna	1890 water supply facility. [23] Demolished in 1992. [22]
5	Steele County Courthouse		November 14, 1978 (#78001565)	November 30, 1987	139 East Main Street	Owatonna	1874 Italianate courthouse. [24] Demolished in 1987. [22]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

References

1. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 18, 2023.
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. VanBrocklin, Lynne (1975-03-07). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Abbot, Ezra, House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
5. Roberts, Norene A. (1985-08-10). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Dr. John H. Adair House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
6. VanBrocklin, Lynne; Brooks Cavin (1974-12-10). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Administration Building -- West Hills". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
7. "Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
8. Granger, Susan; Patricia Murphy (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
9. Anderson, David C. (1995-07-31). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bridge No. L-5573". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
10. Hoisington, Daniel J. (2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
11. Pitts, Carolyn (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Northwestern National Bank of Owatonna". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
12. Pearson, Marjorie; Renee L. Hutter; Andrew J. Schmidt (April 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Owatonna Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
13. Granger, Susan; Kay Grossman (1996-09-30). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
14. VanBrocklin, Lynne (1976-04-16). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Owatonna Free Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
15. Roberts, Norene A. (1986-02-23). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
16. Lutz, Thomas (1974-12-20). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Piper, Daniel S., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
17. VanBrocklin, Lynne (1976-04-14). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Steele County Courthouse" (Document). National Park Service.
18. "Clinton Falls Mills and Dam (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
19. "Changes to the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, 2003-2010". Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
20. "Kaplan Apartments (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
21. "Owatonna High School (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
22. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota . Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN   0-87351-448-3.
23. "Owatonna Water Works Power Station (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
24. "Steele County Courthouse (1874) (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

External links

• Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society