# National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore 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 37 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 28, 2025.

## History

Fillmore County's National Register properties reflect its development as an agricultural region typical of Southeast Minnesota. Euro-American settlement began in the 1850s and initially relied on rivers and stagecoach roads for transportation. The Forestville Townsite, now a living history museum, preserves a portion of one of these early communities. Several towns vied for county seat status; the William Strong House in Carimona and the Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House in Preston were nominated as the best surviving structures representing this period.
Fillmore County's many rivers and streams powered a milling region of statewide importance before Minneapolis achieved primacy. Additionally, properties like the Quickstad Farm Implement Company and Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company represent the agricultural focus of manufacturing in the county. The Gilded Age prosperity of population centers like Spring Valley and Chatfield is reflected by other listings, several of which are noted for their architecture.

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| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Allis Barn | Allis Barn | April 27, 1982 (#82005038) | 24461 Heron Rd. 43°42′40″N 92°01′58″W﻿ / ﻿43.711043°N 92.032742°W﻿ / 43.711043; -92.032742﻿ (Allis Barn) | Preston | Three-story barn built circa 1899, associated with 19th-century stock farming and Milwaukee's Allis-Chalmers company, a key Midwestern manufacturer of milling equipment. Now the centerpiece of a resort. |
| 2 | Francis H. Bartlett House | Francis H. Bartlett House | May 24, 1984 (#84001410) | 135 S. Gold St. 43°42′21″N 92°16′07″W﻿ / ﻿43.705701°N 92.268623°W﻿ / 43.705701; -92.268623﻿ (Francis H. Bartlett House) | Wykoff | 1876 Second Empire house of Wykoff's co-founder, built the same year the town was incorporated. |
| 3 | Bridge No. 5722 | Bridge No. 5722 | July 20, 2011 (#11000467) | N. Section St. (U.S. Route 63) over Spring Valley Creek 43°41′17″N 92°23′21″W﻿ / ﻿43.688015°N 92.389076°W﻿ / 43.688015; -92.389076﻿ (Bridge No. 5722) | Spring Valley | 1936 bridge on a concrete box culvert, an unusual basis for a bridge on a U.S. highway. |
| 4 | Bridge No. L4770 | Bridge No. L4770 | November 6, 1989 (#89001827) | Township Road 213 over Mahoney Creek 43°44′23″N 92°05′39″W﻿ / ﻿43.739587°N 92.094285°W﻿ / 43.739587; -92.094285﻿ (Bridge No. L4770) | Fountain | Short, semicircular stone arch bridge built circa 1915, of a distinctive type developed by the State Highway Commission in the 1910s for use in rural southeast Minnesota. Likely demolished (see talk page). Photo is of the site only. |
| 5 | Chatfield Public Library | Chatfield Public Library More images | April 27, 1982 (#82005033) | 314 Main St. S. 43°50′41″N 92°11′14″W﻿ / ﻿43.844674°N 92.187336°W﻿ / 43.844674; -92.187336﻿ (Chatfield Public Library) | Chatfield | 1915 Prairie School Carnegie library designed by Claude and Starck. |
| 6 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot | March 5, 2018 (#100002162) | Northwest corner of West Prairie Ave. & Main St. N. 43°31′47″N 91°55′48″W﻿ / ﻿43.529761°N 91.930028°W﻿ / 43.529761; -91.930028﻿ (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot) | Canton | Passenger and freight depot in use 1881–1949; a significant contributor to Canton's economic growth. |
| 7 | Commercial House Hotel | Commercial House Hotel | July 19, 2001 (#01000747) | 146 S. Broadway 43°41′13″N 92°23′29″W﻿ / ﻿43.687069°N 92.391297°W﻿ / 43.687069; -92.391297﻿ (Commercial House Hotel) | Spring Valley | Hotel built in 1874 and twice expanded, a key amenity in the commercial development of Spring Valley from the railroad into the automobile era. |
| 8 | Daniel Dayton House | Daniel Dayton House | December 6, 1977 (#77000732) | Off County Highway 17 43°34′46″N 92°04′13″W﻿ / ﻿43.579509°N 92.070376°W﻿ / 43.579509; -92.070376﻿ (Daniel Dayton House) | Harmony | One of Minnesota's few surviving stagecoach inns, built in 1857 on the Dubuque–St. Paul Stage Road. Also noted for its stone architecture and association with Harmony Township's pioneer era. |
| 9 | Samuel Thompson Dickson House | Samuel Thompson Dickson House | August 15, 1985 (#85001755) | 225 3rd St. SW 43°50′35″N 92°11′28″W﻿ / ﻿43.843135°N 92.191013°W﻿ / 43.843135; -92.191013﻿ (Samuel Thompson Dickson House) | Chatfield | 1863 house of a prosperous mill owner, best surviving symbol of Chatfield's once-robust flour milling industry. |
| 10 | Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House | Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House | March 5, 1982 (#82002947) | 109 Houston St. NW 43°40′15″N 92°05′07″W﻿ / ﻿43.670953°N 92.085139°W﻿ / 43.670953; -92.085139﻿ (Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House) | Preston | Fillmore County's long-serving law complex, with an Italianate jail/office/residence built 1869–70 and adjacent carriage house built circa 1900. Now a bed and breakfast. |
| 11 | Forestville Townsite-Meighan Store | Forestville Townsite-Meighan Store | April 13, 1973 (#73000976) | County Highway 12 in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park 43°38′34″N 92°12′54″W﻿ / ﻿43.642881°N 92.215065°W﻿ / 43.642881; -92.215065﻿ (Forestville Townsite-Meighan Store) | Forestville Township | 1853 townsite representative of the rapid frontier settlement following the treaties of 1851. Also associated with populist political figures William and Thomas Meighan. Now a Minnesota Historical Society living history museum. |
| 12 | George H. Haven House | George H. Haven House | November 19, 1982 (#82000559) | 132 Winona St. 43°50′50″N 92°11′11″W﻿ / ﻿43.847119°N 92.186523°W﻿ / 43.847119; -92.186523﻿ (George H. Haven House) | Chatfield | 1874 Italianate house with an 1892 Greek Revival annex. |
| 13 | Inspiration Point Wayside Rest | Inspiration Point Wayside Rest More images | November 16, 2015 (#15000790) | MN 16, 2 mi. SW. of Cty. Rd. 21 43°41′39″N 91°59′48″W﻿ / ﻿43.694028°N 91.996667°W﻿ / 43.694028; -91.996667﻿ (Inspiration Point Wayside Rest) | Lanesboro | One of Minnesota's early NPS rustic style roadside parks established by the state highway department with New Deal assistance, constructed 1934–37, and its only surviving example built by a Civilian Conservation Corps erosion control camp. |
| 14 | Lanesboro Historic District | Lanesboro Historic District More images | September 9, 1982 (#82002946) | Roughly Kirkwood, Coffee, and Parkway Sts. 43°43′15″N 91°58′37″W﻿ / ﻿43.720934°N 91.977032°W﻿ / 43.720934; -91.977032﻿ (Lanesboro Historic District) | Lanesboro | Well-preserved commercial and industrial districts of a 19th-century milling and railroad town, with 36 contributing properties. |
| 15 | Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church | Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church More images | November 19, 1982 (#82001892) | County Highways 23 and 24 43°34′26″N 91°52′48″W﻿ / ﻿43.573823°N 91.880135°W﻿ / 43.573823; -91.880135﻿ (Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church) | Lenora | Church built 1856–1865, anchor of one of Fillmore County's few settlements established before railroad access. |
| 16 | Ellen M. Lovell House | Ellen M. Lovell House More images | November 19, 1982 (#82001893) | 218 Winona St. 43°50′48″N 92°11′10″W﻿ / ﻿43.846661°N 92.186014°W﻿ / 43.846661; -92.186014﻿ (Ellen M. Lovell House) | Chatfield | 1896 house also known as Oakwenwald Terrace, nominated as one of Minnesota's leading examples of Shingle style architecture. Now a bed and breakfast. |
| 17 | McMichael Grain Elevator | Upload image | March 24, 2023 (#100008805) | 205 Main Ave. N. 43°33′23″N 92°00′37″W﻿ / ﻿43.5563°N 92.010274°W﻿ / 43.5563; -92.010274﻿ (McMichael Grain Elevator) | Harmony | Well-preserved example of a wooden crib-framed grain elevator, built in 1879 by an important regional grain trading company on a rail line instrumental in the development of Harmony and its surroundings. |
| 18 | Milwaukee Elevator | Milwaukee Elevator More images | May 31, 2006 (#06000454) | Fillmore St. and Root River State Trail 43°40′14″N 92°04′46″W﻿ / ﻿43.670448°N 92.079468°W﻿ / 43.670448; -92.079468﻿ (Milwaukee Elevator) | Preston | 1902 grain elevator typifying the engineering and construction of such structures in rural Minnesota. |
| 19 | Norway Township Stone House | Norway Township Stone House | April 27, 1982 (#82005034) | County Highway 10 43°43′49″N 91°46′58″W﻿ / ﻿43.730177°N 91.782666°W﻿ / 43.730177; -91.782666﻿ (Norway Township Stone House) | Rushford | Circa-1870s house significant for its locally unique masonry construction and its association with Fillmore County's Norwegian immigrant settlement, particularly Norway Township—one of southeast Minnesota's earliest and largest such communities. |
| 20 | Parsons Block and Hall | Parsons Block and Hall | November 19, 1982 (#82000560) | 112 S. Broadway 43°41′15″N 92°23′28″W﻿ / ﻿43.687437°N 92.391189°W﻿ / 43.687437; -92.391189﻿ (Parsons Block and Hall) | Spring Valley | Elaborate 1871 Italianate building with a second-floor meeting hall, which provided essential commercial and social space in burgeoning Spring Valley. |
| 21 | Bernard H. Pietenpol Workshop and Garage | Bernard H. Pietenpol Workshop and Garage More images | April 27, 1982 (#82002949) | 16044 County Highway 5 43°35′17″N 92°17′19″W﻿ / ﻿43.588065°N 92.288745°W﻿ / 43.588065; -92.288745﻿ (Bernard H. Pietenpol Workshop and Garage) | Cherry Grove | 1921 workshop of Bernard Pietenpol (1901–1984), pioneering designer of homemade aircraft. |
| 22 | Preston Brewery | Preston Brewery | April 27, 1982 (#82005035) | Bluff St. 43°40′24″N 92°04′38″W﻿ / ﻿43.673378°N 92.077296°W﻿ / 43.673378; -92.077296﻿ (Preston Brewery) | Preston | 1859 brewery, Fillmore County's oldest surviving industrial building and a symbol of Preston's early settlement. |
| 23 | Preston Overlook | Preston Overlook More images | August 4, 2003 (#03000732) | On U.S. Route 52 43°40′25″N 92°04′25″W﻿ / ﻿43.673494°N 92.073578°W﻿ / 43.673494; -92.073578﻿ (Preston Overlook) | Preston | Exemplary early Minnesota highway wayside, built 1937–38. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design by landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols. |
| 24 | Quickstad Farm Implement Company | Quickstad Farm Implement Company | April 27, 1982 (#82005036) | Mill St. 43°47′11″N 91°50′03″W﻿ / ﻿43.786495°N 91.834129°W﻿ / 43.786495; -91.834129﻿ (Quickstad Farm Implement Company) | Peterson | 1875 and 1901 buildings representative of the area's agricultural manufacturing economy. The latter building also exemplifies Fillmore County's stone industrial facilities. |
| 25 | Rushford City Mill | Rushford City Mill | April 27, 1982 (#82002806) | 301 Winona St. 43°48′52″N 91°45′20″W﻿ / ﻿43.81453°N 91.755626°W﻿ / 43.81453; -91.755626﻿ (Rushford City Mill) | Rushford | 1875 mill representing Rushford's industrial development and Fillmore County's importance as Minnesota's first wheat and flour producing region. |
| 26 | Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company | Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company More images | April 27, 1982 (#82002948) | Elm St. 43°48′33″N 91°45′18″W﻿ / ﻿43.80909°N 91.754867°W﻿ / 43.80909; -91.754867﻿ (Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company) | Rushford | Sole remaining building of a factory complex established in 1872, source of the widely used Rushford Wagon and a symbol of Rushford's agricultural manufacturing industry. |
| 27 | Michael Scanlan House | Michael Scanlan House | April 27, 1982 (#82005037) | 708 Parkway S. 43°42′46″N 91°58′35″W﻿ / ﻿43.712778°N 91.976389°W﻿ / 43.712778; -91.976389﻿ (Michael Scanlan House) | Lanesboro | Circa-1892 Queen Anne house of a prominent Lanesboro resident active in commerce and politics. Now a bed and breakfast. |
| 28 | Southern Minnesota Depot | Southern Minnesota Depot More images | June 20, 1986 (#86001363) | 401 S. Elm St. 43°48′25″N 91°45′19″W﻿ / ﻿43.807029°N 91.755295°W﻿ / 43.807029; -91.755295﻿ (Southern Minnesota Depot) | Rushford | 1867 railway station symbolizing the impact of the Southern Minnesota Railroad on Rushford, whose development exploded upon becoming the line's western terminus. Now a museum and visitor center. |
| 29 | Spring Valley Carnegie Library | Spring Valley Carnegie Library | April 27, 1982 (#82002951) | 201 South Broadway 43°41′12″N 92°23′26″W﻿ / ﻿43.686667°N 92.390556°W﻿ / 43.686667; -92.390556﻿ (Spring Valley Carnegie Library) | Spring Valley | 1904 Carnegie library noted as an intact small-town example of Beaux-Arts architecture and as a symbol of Spring Valley's early-20th-century progressivism. |
| 30 | Spring Valley Mausoleum | Spring Valley Mausoleum | April 27, 1982 (#82004911) | Spring Valley Cemetery 43°40′57″N 92°22′49″W﻿ / ﻿43.6826°N 92.380224°W﻿ / 43.6826; -92.380224﻿ (Spring Valley Mausoleum) | Spring Valley | Mausoleum built 1913–14 as a symbol of Spring Valley's rising affluence and modernity during the Progressive Era. |
| 31 | Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church | Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church More images | May 12, 1975 (#75000979) | 221 W. Courtland St. 43°41′17″N 92°23′35″W﻿ / ﻿43.688097°N 92.392965°W﻿ / 43.688097; -92.392965﻿ (Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church) | Spring Valley | Victorian Gothic church built 1876–78, noted for its polychrome façade and numerous stained glass windows. Now the Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum. |
| 32 | Ephraim Steffens House | Ephraim Steffens House | April 27, 1982 (#82002952) | 404 North Broadway 43°41′29″N 92°23′33″W﻿ / ﻿43.691421°N 92.392573°W﻿ / 43.691421; -92.392573﻿ (Ephraim Steffens House) | Spring Valley | 1877 Victorian Gothic house of a prosperous local entrepreneur and politician. |
| 33 | William Strong House | William Strong House | April 27, 1982 (#82002953) | 508 North Huron Ave. 43°41′35″N 92°23′44″W﻿ / ﻿43.692941°N 92.395502°W﻿ / 43.692941; -92.395502﻿ (William Strong House) | Spring Valley | 1879 Second Empire house of wealthy local banker William H. Strong (d. 1909). |
| 34 | William Strong House | William Strong House | April 27, 1982 (#82005040) | County Highway 12 43°39′37″N 92°09′32″W﻿ / ﻿43.660246°N 92.158974°W﻿ / 43.660246; -92.158974﻿ (William Strong House) | Carimona Township | William Strong's earlier house, dating to the late 1850s; the only surviving structure of an 1853 village significant to Fillmore County's early settlement and government. |
| 35 | Tunnel Mill | Tunnel Mill | May 12, 1975 (#75000978) | 28036 County Highway 1 43°45′43″N 92°22′48″W﻿ / ﻿43.761811°N 92.380018°W﻿ / 43.761811; -92.380018﻿ (Tunnel Mill) | Spring Valley | 1871 gristmill uniquely powered by a tunnel shortcutting a horseshoe bend in a creek; the last surviving representative of one of Minnesota's key milling regions in northwestern Fillmore County. Now a craft smithing center. |
| 36 | Walker and Valentine House | Walker and Valentine House | April 27, 1982 (#82005039) | 504 High St. 43°48′55″N 91°45′18″W﻿ / ﻿43.815398°N 91.755044°W﻿ / 43.815398; -91.755044﻿ (Walker and Valentine House) | Rushford | Semi-detached house built 1859–61 for two of Rushford's founders and early industrial entrepreneurs. Also noted for its local stone construction. |
| 37 | Wykoff Commercial Historic District | Wykoff Commercial Historic District More images | August 5, 1994 (#94000831) | 100 S. Gold–123 N. Gold St. 43°42′26″N 92°16′06″W﻿ / ﻿43.70733°N 92.268301°W﻿ / 43.70733; -92.268301﻿ (Wykoff Commercial Historic District) | Wykoff | Well preserved and architecturally cohesive commercial district of a railway-based agricultural center, with 17 contributing properties mostly dating to the 1890s. |