# National Register of Historic Places listings in Steele County, 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 February 28, 2025.

## Current listings

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| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Ezra Abbott House | Ezra Abbott House More images | June 10, 1975 (#75001029) | 345 East Broadway 44°05′04″N 93°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. |
| 2 | Dr. John H. Adair House | Dr. John H. Adair House | July 3, 1986 (#86001406) | 322 East Vine Street 44°05′10″N 93°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. |
| 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″N 93°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. Also a contributing property to the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children historic district. 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″N 93°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. |
| 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″N 93°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. |
| 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″N 93°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. 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″N 93°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. Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. |
| 8 | Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall | Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall | January 31, 1997 (#97000019) | 107 West Main Street 44°05′01″N 93°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. Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. |
| 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″N 93°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. |
| 10 | Owatonna Free Public Library | Owatonna Free Public Library | June 7, 1976 (#76001075) | 105 North Elm Street 44°05′06″N 93°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. |
| 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″N 93°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. 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″N 93°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. |
| 13 | Steele County Courthouse | Steele County Courthouse More images | June 3, 1976 (#76001076) | 111 East Main Street 44°05′00″N 93°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. Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Clinton Falls Mills and Dam | Upload image | July 3, 1986 (#86001462) | December 8, 2004 | off Co. Hwy. 9 | Clinton Falls Township | Dam and water-powered grist mill built 1856–59. Demolished in 2003. |
| 2 | Kaplan Apartments | Upload image | July 3, 1986 (#86001464) | September 20, 2007 | 115 West Rose Street | Owatonna | 1912 apartment house of Owatonna Tool Company founder Godfrey J. Kaplan. Demolished in 2005. |
| 3 | Owatonna High School | Owatonna High School | July 31, 1986 (#86002124) | August 2, 2000 | 333 East School Street 44°04′46″N 93°13′12″W﻿ / ﻿44.079516°N 93.220008°W﻿ / 44.079516; -93.220008﻿ (Owatonna High School) | Owatonna | 1920 Classical Revival school. Delisted after being altered in 1998. |
| 4 | Owatonna Water Works Power Station | Upload image | August 13, 1986 (#86001483) | June 7, 1993 | West School Street and Mosher Avenue | Owatonna | 1890 water supply facility. Demolished in 1992. |
| 5 | Steele County Courthouse | Upload image | November 14, 1978 (#78001565) | November 30, 1987 | 139 East Main Street | Owatonna | 1874 Italianate courthouse. Demolished in 1987. |