# 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.
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 February 28, 2025.

## Current listings

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| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | 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 / ﻿44.324719°N 93.953024°W﻿ / 44.324719; -93.953024﻿ (Broadway Bridge) | St. Peter | 1931 steel highway bridge built with two asymmetrical trusses disguised by ornamental members to span a challenging site at a river bend. 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 / ﻿44.305416°N 93.977783°W﻿ / 44.305416; -93.977783﻿ (Center Building-Minnesota Hospital for The Insane) | St. Peter | 1878 Classical Revival building of Minnesota's first mental hospital, designed by Samuel Sloan on the Kirkbride Plan. |
| 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 / ﻿44.326595°N 93.955525°W﻿ / 44.326595; -93.955525﻿ (Church of the Holy Communion) | St. Peter | 1870 Gothic Revival church of Kasota limestone, designed by Henry Martyn Congdon. |
| 4 | Eugene Saint Julien Cox House | Eugene Saint Julien Cox House More images | November 20, 1970 (#70000305) | 500 N. Washington Ave. 44°19′56″N 93°57′42″W﻿ / ﻿44.332345°N 93.961654°W﻿ / 44.332345; -93.961654﻿ (Eugene Saint Julien Cox House) | St. Peter | 1871 Gothic/Italianate house of St. Peter's first mayor. Now a Nicollet County Historical Society site. |
| 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 / ﻿44.320396°N 93.961061°W﻿ / 44.320396; -93.961061﻿ (Frederick A. Donahower House) | St. Peter | c. 1875 brick Italianate house with limestone trim. |
| 6 | Fort Ridgely | Fort Ridgely More images | December 2, 1970 (#70000304) | Minnesota Highway 4 44°27′11″N 94°44′04″W﻿ / ﻿44.452968°N 94.734381°W﻿ / 44.452968; -94.734381﻿ (Fort Ridgely) | 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 | Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources | Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources More images | October 25, 1989 (#89001668) | Off County Highway 30 northwest of New Ulm 44°27′11″N 94°43′51″W﻿ / ﻿44.45301°N 94.730773°W﻿ / 44.45301; -94.730773﻿ (Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources) | New Ulm | 27 Rustic Style park structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the mid-1930s. |
| 8 | Alexander Harkin Store | Alexander Harkin Store More images | June 4, 1973 (#73000989) | 66250 County Highway 21 44°23′13″N 94°35′56″W﻿ / ﻿44.386944°N 94.598889°W﻿ / 44.386944; -94.598889﻿ (Alexander Harkin Store) | West Newton Township | 1871 country store and post office that closed in 1901 with most of its original inventory intact. Now a museum. |
| 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 / ﻿44.329824°N 93.954642°W﻿ / 44.329824; -93.954642﻿ (John A. Johnson House) | St. Peter | 1905 house of three-term governor John Albert Johnson (1861–1909). |
| 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 / ﻿44.325523°N 93.964176°W﻿ / 44.325523; -93.964176﻿ (Sarah and Thomas Montgomery House) | St. Peter | Exemplary Italianate house, built in 1874. |
| 11 | Nicollet County Bank | Nicollet County Bank | May 19, 1983 (#83000917) | 224 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′28″N 93°57′27″W﻿ / ﻿44.324409°N 93.957379°W﻿ / 44.324409; -93.957379﻿ (Nicollet County Bank) | St. Peter | Prominent and elaborately detailed Queen Anne commercial building constructed in 1887 for Nicollet County's second-oldest bank. Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District. |
| 12 | Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail | Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail More images | September 6, 2002 (#02000939) | 501 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′18″N 93°57′31″W﻿ / ﻿44.321751°N 93.958597°W﻿ / 44.321751; -93.958597﻿ (Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail) | St. Peter | Romanesque Revival courthouse built 1880–81 and Queen Anne jail built in 1906; a distinctive and long-serving government complex. |
| 13 | Nicollet House Hotel | Nicollet House Hotel | May 12, 1975 (#75000998) | 120 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′31″N 93°57′24″W﻿ / ﻿44.325285°N 93.956749°W﻿ / 44.325285; -93.956749﻿ (Nicollet House Hotel) | St. Peter | 1873 hotel funded by local investors to create a high-class amenity befitting St. Peter's economic importance. Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District. |
| 14 | Norseland General Store | Norseland General Store | May 19, 1983 (#83000918) | Minnesota Highway 22 44°24′43″N 94°06′56″W﻿ / ﻿44.411892°N 94.115592°W﻿ / 44.411892; -94.115592﻿ (Norseland General Store) | Norseland | Rare surviving example—built c. 1900—of the country stores once common to Minnesota's rural crossroads from the mid 19th to early 20th centuries. |
| 15 | North Mankato Public School | North Mankato Public School More images | January 27, 1983 (#83000919) | 442 Belgrade Ave. 44°10′13″N 94°00′48″W﻿ / ﻿44.170351°N 94.013204°W﻿ / 44.170351; -94.013204﻿ (North Mankato Public School) | North Mankato | North Mankato's most prominent public building, a Queen Anne school built in 1890 and doubled with a symmetrical 1904 expansion. |
| 16 | Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College | Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College More images | May 12, 1976 (#76001065) | Gustavus Adolphus College campus 44°19′23″N 93°58′14″W﻿ / ﻿44.322954°N 93.970648°W﻿ / 44.322954; -93.970648﻿ (Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College) | St. Peter | Oldest building and emblem of Gustavus Adolphus College, built 1875–76. Also noted for its Italianate design by Edward Bassford. |
| 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 / ﻿44.327737°N 93.956477°W﻿ / 44.327737; -93.956477﻿ (Emily and Stephen Schumacher House) | St. Peter | Leading local example of a Queen Anne house, built 1887–88. |
| 18 | St. Peter Armory | St. Peter Armory | January 9, 1997 (#96001558) | 419 S. Minnesota Ave. 44°19′21″N 93°57′29″W﻿ / ﻿44.322595°N 93.958015°W﻿ / 44.322595; -93.958015﻿ (St. Peter Armory) | 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. |
| 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 / ﻿44.322486°N 93.958151°W﻿ / 44.322486; -93.958151﻿ (St. Peter Carnegie Library) | St. Peter | Longserving public library with modest Neoclassical architecture, built 1903–04. |
| 20 | St. Peter Commercial Historic District | St. Peter Commercial Historic District More images | January 12, 2001 (#00001610) | Minnesota Ave. between Broadway and Grace Sts. 44°19′28″N 93°57′24″W﻿ / ﻿44.324551°N 93.956797°W﻿ / 44.324551; -93.956797﻿ (St. Peter Commercial Historic District) | St. Peter | Well-preserved central business district with 33 contributing properties built 1854–1930; a retail, service, and banking destination for city residents and the surrounding agricultural population. |
| 21 | William E. Stewart House | William E. Stewart House | November 8, 1984 (#84000223) | 733 Range St. 44°10′30″N 94°00′32″W﻿ / ﻿44.174943°N 94.008948°W﻿ / 44.174943; -94.008948﻿ (William E. Stewart House) | North Mankato | 1910 house, carriage house, and barn of a brickyard owner, symbolizing an important Mankato-area industry of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. |
| 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 / ﻿44.319398°N 93.961769°W﻿ / 44.319398; -93.961769﻿ (Henry A. Swift House) | St. Peter | 1858 house of state and local politician Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1869), third governor of Minnesota. |
| 23 | Traverse des Sioux | Traverse des Sioux | March 20, 1973 (#73000990) | 1851 N. Minnesota Ave. 44°21′23″N 93°57′15″W﻿ / ﻿44.356402°N 93.954265°W﻿ / 44.356402; -93.954265﻿ (Traverse des Sioux) | St. Peter | Important river ford and gathering place for the Dakota people, site of early European trading posts, missions, the negotiation and signing of the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, and an 1855 village. Now a state historic site. |
| 24 | Union Presbyterian Church | Union Presbyterian Church | May 19, 1983 (#83000922) | 311 W. Locust St. 44°19′15″N 93°57′45″W﻿ / ﻿44.320844°N 93.962478°W﻿ / 44.320844; -93.962478﻿ (Union Presbyterian Church) | St. Peter | 1872 church noted for its fine Gothic Revival architecture surviving from the early decades of St. Peter's settlement. |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Bridge No. 6422-Saint Peter | Upload image | 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. Demolished in 2001. |
| 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 / ﻿44.325869°N 93.962568°W﻿ / 44.325869; -93.962568﻿ (St. Peter Central School) | St. Peter | Destroyed in the 1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak. Original façade worked into Central Square Apartments on the same site. |