National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Minnesota
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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.
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.[2]
Several of these properties are listed in the "Washington County Multiple Resource Area".[2]
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.[5] Moved to current site in November 2012.[6]
One of the original Greek Revival houses—built in 1856—of a typical small Washington County settlement clustered around a commercial venture, though one that never progressed to formal platting.[7]
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.[8]
1868 gambrel-roofed log cabin, a rare surviving example of a style brought to Minnesota by Swedish immigrants from Dalsland and Småland.[17] Now part of a museum alongside the Hay Lake School.[18]
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.[19]
One of the original Greek Revival houses—built in 1864—of a typical small Washington County settlement clustered around a commercial venture, though one that never progressed to formal platting.[7]
Well preserved example of an early lime kiln, an important industry among Minnesota pioneers, which produced lime for construction and fertilizer ca. 1850–1900.[20] Collapsed on June 20, 2014.[21]
Scandia's first school building, in use 1895–1962.[22] Now part of a Washington County Historical Society museum alongside the Johannes Erickson House.[18]
Circa-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.[28]
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.[29] Now Phil's Tara Hideaway.[30]
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.[32]
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.[34]
Prison warden's residence used 1853–1914, only surviving structure of the prison's Minnesota Territory period and chief remnant of its statehood years.[35] Now the Warden's House Museum.[36]
Exemplary 1847 Greek Revival house and remnants of one of the first St. Croix Valley sawmills, nucleus of an early lumber town.[37] Now an education and event venue.[38]
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.[40]
Community quarantine facility used circa-1872–1910, an example of a common public health measure of the late-19th/early-20th centuries. Now a private home.[41]
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.[44] Now a highway wayside.
1850 stone powerhouse—the only surviving industrial structure associated with major Stillwater-based businessman Isaac Staples (1816–1898)—and adjacent 1900 factory.[45]
Circa-800–1700 habitation site with a large quantity of stone tool artifacts, potentially illuminating Late Woodland period cultural relationships, lithic technology, and resource use.[47]
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.[50]
Opulent country home of attorney Cordenio Severance (1862–1925), remodeled in 1917 by architect Cass Gilbert and also known as Cedarhurst.[51] Now an event venue.[52]
Dramatic 2,600-foot-long (790m), 184-foot-high (56m) multi-span steel arch bridge built 1910–11, noted for its exceptional dimensions, beauty, innovative engineering techniques, and importance.[55] Extends into St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
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.[57]
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.[59]
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.[60]
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.[61] Now an exhibition hall.[62]
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Arcola is an unincorporated community in May Township, Washington County, Minnesota, United States. Arcola is located in the southeast part of May Township along State Highway 95. The northeast part of Stillwater Township is also in the immediate area. Nearby places include Stillwater and Marine on St. Croix.
Isaac Staples' Sawmill is a historic industrial property in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, consisting of an 1850 stone powerhouse and a 1900 metal-clad factory. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Croix Lumber Mills—Stillwater Manufacturing Company in 1982 for its local significance in the theme of industry. It was nominated because the powerhouse is the only surviving industrial building associated with Isaac Staples (1816–1898), a major figure in Minnesota's early commercial development. The property now operates as a shopping mall with upper level apartments.
1 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.
↑ 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.
1 2 Harvey, Tom (March 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Valley Creek Residences Thematic Resource" (Document). National Park Service.
↑ Loehr, Rodney C. (1939). Minnesota Farmers' Diaries: William R. Brown, 1845-46, Mitchell Y. Jackson, 1852-63. St. Paul, Minn: Minnesota Historical Society.
↑ Clouse, Robert (1984-02-17). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Croix River Access Site" (Document). National Park Service.
↑ Schissel, Pat (1977-11-14). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Schilling Archaeological District" (Document). National Park Service.
↑ Parnes, Herschel L. D. (1976-04-24). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Soo Line High Bridge" (Document). National Park Service.
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