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

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Stearns 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 35 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including one National Historic Landmark. A supplementary list includes four additional sites that were formerly on the National Register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 7, 2025.

## Current listings

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| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Francis Arnold House | Francis Arnold House More images | December 1, 1994 (#94001409) | 32268 County Road 1 45°35′25″N 94°10′35″W﻿ / ﻿45.590261°N 94.176262°W﻿ / 45.590261; -94.176262﻿ (Francis Arnold House) | St. Cloud vicinity | 1884 owner/operator's house of the gristmill opposite, representative of the rural water-powered flour milling industry. |
| 2 | John N. Bensen House | John N. Bensen House More images | February 11, 1982 (#82003050) | 402 6th Ave. S. 45°33′21″N 94°09′21″W﻿ / ﻿45.55575°N 94.155722°W﻿ / 45.55575; -94.155722﻿ (John N. Bensen House) | St. Cloud | 1904 house and carriage house significant for their Queen Anne architecture and association with a prosperous German-born businessman. Now a bed and breakfast. |
| 3 | Bishop's House/Chancery Office | Bishop's House/Chancery Office More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003051) | 214 3rd Ave. S. 45°33′36″N 94°09′12″W﻿ / ﻿45.559946°N 94.153292°W﻿ / 45.559946; -94.153292﻿ (Bishop's House/Chancery Office) | St. Cloud | Exemplary work of leading local architect Louis Pinault, built 1916 with French-influenced Second Renaissance Revival architecture. |
| 4 | Christopher Borgerding House | Christopher Borgerding House | April 15, 1982 (#82003039) | 524 Washburn Ave. 45°27′06″N 95°00′14″W﻿ / ﻿45.451723°N 95.003767°W﻿ / 45.451723; -95.003767﻿ (Christopher Borgerding House) | Belgrade | Unusual 1904 Colonial Revival house of one of Belgrade's developers. |
| 5 | Carter Block | Carter Block More images | June 13, 1986 (#86001297) | 501–511 1st St. N. 45°33′44″N 94°09′34″W﻿ / ﻿45.562222°N 94.159444°W﻿ / 45.562222; -94.159444﻿ (Carter Block) | St. Cloud | 1902 mixed-use commercial building that provided key retail, warehousing, and meeting space in developing St. Cloud. |
| 6 | Church of St. Boniface | Church of St. Boniface More images | November 12, 1993 (#93001234) | 203 S. 5th Ave. East 45°40′21″N 94°48′28″W﻿ / ﻿45.672484°N 94.807838°W﻿ / 45.672484; -94.807838﻿ (Church of St. Boniface) | Melrose | 1899 church and 1907 rectory embodying the importance of ethnic parishes in the cultural and religious life of Minnesota's rural German American populace. Renamed the Church of St. Mary. Damaged by arson in 2016 and demolished in 2020. |
| 7 | Church of St. Joseph-Catholic | Church of St. Joseph-Catholic More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003057) | 12 W. Minnesota St. 45°33′50″N 94°19′06″W﻿ / ﻿45.563974°N 94.318391°W﻿ / 45.563974; -94.318391﻿ (Church of St. Joseph-Catholic) | St. Joseph | 1869 church and rectory of a German community, reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups in ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church. |
| 8 | Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic | Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003049) | 24588 County Rd. 7 45°28′47″N 94°09′08″W﻿ / ﻿45.479655°N 94.152102°W﻿ / 45.479655; -94.152102﻿ (Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic) | St. Augusta | 1873 church and 1890 rectory of a German community, reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups in ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church. |
| 9 | Church of St. Stephen-Catholic | Church of St. Stephen-Catholic More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003059) | 103 Central Ave. S. 45°42′06″N 94°16′30″W﻿ / ﻿45.701536°N 94.27487°W﻿ / 45.701536; -94.27487﻿ (Church of St. Stephen-Catholic) | St. Stephen | 1903 church and 1890 rectory of a Slovene community, reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups in ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church. |
| 10 | Church of the Immaculate Conception-Catholic | Church of the Immaculate Conception-Catholic More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003038) | 37186 County Rd. 9 45°39′42″N 94°28′29″W﻿ / ﻿45.661739°N 94.474807°W﻿ / 45.661739; -94.474807﻿ (Church of the Immaculate Conception-Catholic) | St. Anna | 1902 church of a Polish community, reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups in ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church. |
| 11 | Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic) | Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic) More images | July 12, 1991 (#91000906) | 110 3rd Ave. NE. 45°39′46″N 94°41′10″W﻿ / ﻿45.662725°N 94.686248°W﻿ / 45.662725; -94.686248﻿ (Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic)) | Freeport | 1905 church that anchored a Catholic German American community settled in 1876. |
| 12 | Clark and McCormack Quarry and House | Clark and McCormack Quarry and House More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003046) | Minnesota Highway 23 at Pine St. 45°28′24″N 94°20′05″W﻿ / ﻿45.473462°N 94.334847°W﻿ / 45.473462; -94.334847﻿ (Clark and McCormack Quarry and House) | Rockville | Leading granite quarry established in 1907—source of "Rockville Pink" structural stone—and owner's 1924 house, representatives of a major regional industry. |
| 13 | Nehemiah P. Clarke House | Nehemiah P. Clarke House More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003052) | 356 3rd Ave. S. 45°33′30″N 94°09′07″W﻿ / ﻿45.55835°N 94.151833°W﻿ / 45.55835; -94.151833﻿ (Nehemiah P. Clarke House) | St. Cloud | 1893 Queen Anne house of a pioneer merchant and lumberman. |
| 14 | Fair Haven Flour Mill | Fair Haven Flour Mill | April 14, 1978 (#78001574) | 5001 Birchdale Rd. 45°19′01″N 94°12′53″W﻿ / ﻿45.31697°N 94.214699°W﻿ / 45.31697; -94.214699﻿ (Fair Haven Flour Mill) | Fairhaven | 1867 water-powered gristmill, Minnesota's third-oldest surviving mill. Now preserved in a county park. |
| 15 | Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildings | Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildings More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003053) | 14–30 5th Ave., S. 45°33′38″N 94°09′26″W﻿ / ﻿45.560616°N 94.157317°W﻿ / 45.560616; -94.157317﻿ (Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildings) | St. Cloud | Block of six commercial buildings built 1883–1914, representing the history and architecture of St. Cloud's central business district. |
| 16 | First National Bank | First National Bank More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003054) | 501 St. Germain St. 45°33′41″N 94°09′31″W﻿ / ﻿45.561279°N 94.158553°W﻿ / 45.561279; -94.158553﻿ (First National Bank) | St. Cloud | St. Cloud's "finest designed and best preserved commercial building," built for an influential bank in 1889 and expanded circa 1918. |
| 17 | First State Bank | First State Bank More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003058) | 23 Minnesota St., W. 45°33′53″N 94°19′08″W﻿ / ﻿45.564719°N 94.318818°W﻿ / 45.564719; -94.318818﻿ (First State Bank) | St. Joseph | 1918 bank building noted for its sophisticated terracotta façade; a rare Minnesota example of Egyptian Revival architecture. |
| 18 | Foley-Brower-Bohmer House | Foley-Brower-Bohmer House More images | May 5, 1978 (#78001563) | 385 3rd Ave., S. 45°33′24″N 94°09′08″W﻿ / ﻿45.556725°N 94.152345°W﻿ / 45.556725; -94.152345﻿ (Foley-Brower-Bohmer House) | St. Cloud | Exemplary 1889 Richardsonian Romanesque house successively owned by industrialist brothers Timothy and Thomas Foley and politician Ripley B. Brower. |
| 19 | Anton Gogala Farmstead | Anton Gogala Farmstead | April 15, 1982 (#82003048) | Minnesota Highway 238 and County Highway 39 45°40′25″N 94°36′20″W﻿ / ﻿45.673556°N 94.60546°W﻿ / 45.673556; -94.60546﻿ (Anton Gogala Farmstead) | St. Anthony vicinity | Well-preserved example of a traditional small-scale farmstead, with several log buildings dating as far back as 1875. Also associated with an immigrant family that helped found the Slovene American community of St. Anthony. |
| 20 | Eugene Hermanutz House | Eugene Hermanutz House More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003040) | 302 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′34″N 94°25′43″W﻿ / ﻿45.459376°N 94.42866°W﻿ / 45.459376; -94.42866﻿ (Eugene Hermanutz House) | Cold Spring | One of three adjacent houses—built in 1912—of the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, representing the entrepreneurship and importance of Stearns County's brewing industry. |
| 21 | Kimball Prairie Village Hall | Kimball Prairie Village Hall | April 15, 1982 (#82003045) | 1 Main St. N. 45°18′45″N 94°18′03″W﻿ / ﻿45.31259°N 94.300748°W﻿ / 45.31259; -94.300748﻿ (Kimball Prairie Village Hall) | Kimball | 1908 municipal hall built to co-house several government and public services. Now Kimball City Hall. |
| 22 | Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home | Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home More images | May 23, 1968 (#68000027) | 812 Sinclair Lewis Ave. 45°44′14″N 94°57′27″W﻿ / ﻿45.737294°N 94.957382°W﻿ / 45.737294; -94.957382﻿ (Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home) | Sauk Centre | Childhood home from 1885 to 1902 of Sinclair Lewis, who would become the most famous American novelist of the 1920s. Now a house museum. |
| 23 | Michael Majerus House | Michael Majerus House More images | May 5, 1978 (#78001564) | 404 9th Ave., S. 45°33′20″N 94°09′36″W﻿ / ﻿45.555661°N 94.159896°W﻿ / 45.555661; -94.159896﻿ (Michael Majerus House) | St. Cloud | 1891 house significant as St. Cloud's finest example of Second Empire architecture. Now a bed & breakfast. |
| 24 | Minnesota Home School for Girls Historic District | Minnesota Home School for Girls Historic District | January 19, 1989 (#88003090) | 310 U.S. Route 71 45°45′06″N 94°56′49″W﻿ / ﻿45.751651°N 94.947013°W﻿ / 45.751651; -94.947013﻿ (Minnesota Home School for Girls Historic District) | Sauk Centre | Minnesota's first all-female youth detention center, established in 1911 on a Cottage Plan design by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. Now Eagle's Healing Nest veteran care center. |
| 25 | Model School | Model School More images | December 29, 1988 (#88003072) | 826 1st Ave. S. 45°33′05″N 94°08′54″W﻿ / ﻿45.55133°N 94.148313°W﻿ / 45.55133; -94.148313﻿ (Model School) | St. Cloud | Minnesota's oldest surviving laboratory school building, constructed in 1913 for a normal school established in 1869. Now Riverview at St. Cloud State University. |
| 26 | Original Main Street Historic District | Original Main Street Historic District More images | August 5, 1994 (#94000758) | Main St. between S. 8th and N. 3rd Sts. 45°44′14″N 94°57′07″W﻿ / ﻿45.73714°N 94.951975°W﻿ / 45.73714; -94.951975﻿ (Original Main Street Historic District) | Sauk Centre | 10-block district considered the inspiration for Sinclair Lewis's 1920 novel Main Street and the concept of "Main Street" as a symbol of American small towns. Comprises 74 contributing properties. |
| 27 | John Oster House | John Oster House More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003041) | 201 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′29″N 94°25′46″W﻿ / ﻿45.458151°N 94.429341°W﻿ / 45.458151; -94.429341﻿ (John Oster House) | Cold Spring | One of three adjacent houses—built in 1907—of the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, representing the entrepreneurship and importance of Stearns County's brewing industry. |
| 28 | Palmer House Hotel | Palmer House Hotel More images | February 11, 1982 (#82003047) | 500 Sinclair Lewis Ave. 45°44′15″N 94°57′08″W﻿ / ﻿45.737399°N 94.952302°W﻿ / 45.737399; -94.952302﻿ (Palmer House Hotel) | Sauk Centre | Example of a once-common hotel type catering specifically to traveling salesmen, built 1901 and expanded 1916. Also a contributing property to the Original Main Street Historic District. |
| 29 | Pan Motor Company Office and Sheet Metal Works | Pan Motor Company Office and Sheet Metal Works | January 31, 1984 (#84001694) | 435-437 33rd Ave. N. 45°33′43″N 94°11′55″W﻿ / ﻿45.561867°N 94.198687°W﻿ / 45.561867; -94.198687﻿ (Pan Motor Company Office and Sheet Metal Works) | St. Cloud | 1919 remnants of St. Cloud's first large industrial complex and Minnesota's leading, if short-lived, auto manufacturer (in operation 1917–1922). |
| 30 | Ferdinand Peters House | Ferdinand Peters House More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003042) | 214 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′32″N 94°25′43″W﻿ / ﻿45.458919°N 94.428601°W﻿ / 45.458919; -94.428601﻿ (Ferdinand Peters House) | Cold Spring | One of three adjacent houses—built in 1907—of the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, representing the entrepreneurship and importance of Stearns County's brewing industry. |
| 31 | St. Benedict's Convent and College Historic District | St. Benedict's Convent and College Historic District More images | March 20, 1989 (#89000160) | College Ave. and Minnesota St. 45°33′47″N 94°19′07″W﻿ / ﻿45.563163°N 94.318684°W﻿ / 45.563163; -94.318684﻿ (St. Benedict's Convent and College Historic District) | St. Joseph | Convent and girls' boarding school campus representing the impact and growth of the world's largest Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict community. |
| 32 | St. Cloud Commercial Historic District | St. Cloud Commercial Historic District More images | February 26, 1998 (#98000153) | Roughly along W. St. Germain St. between 5th and 10th Aves. 45°33′36″N 94°09′40″W﻿ / ﻿45.559919°N 94.161023°W﻿ / 45.559919; -94.161023﻿ (St. Cloud Commercial Historic District) | St. Cloud | Central business district with 41 contributing properties built primarily 1870–1947. |
| 33 | St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District | St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District | August 21, 2012 (#12000524) | 4801 Veterans Dr. 45°34′28″N 94°12′49″W﻿ / ﻿45.574327°N 94.213654°W﻿ / 45.574327; -94.213654﻿ (St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District) | St. Cloud | Veterans Administration Hospital significant for the local political efforts towards its establishment, its impact on health care for Minnesota veterans, and its Colonial and Classical Revival architecture. Contains 34 contributing properties built 1923–1950. |
| 34 | St. John's Abbey and University Historic District | St. John's Abbey and University Historic District | March 23, 1979 (#79001256) | 2900 Abbey Plaza 45°34′47″N 94°23′37″W﻿ / ﻿45.579813°N 94.393544°W﻿ / 45.579813; -94.393544﻿ (St. John's Abbey and University Historic District) | Collegeville | Historically and architecturally significant campus of a leading religious and educational institution of the Order of Saint Benedict, with 17 contributing properties built 1868–1959. |
| 35 | Stearns County Courthouse and Jail | Stearns County Courthouse and Jail More images | April 15, 1982 (#82003056) | 705 Courthouse Sq. 45°33′38″N 94°09′45″W﻿ / ﻿45.560661°N 94.162432°W﻿ / 45.560661; -94.162432﻿ (Stearns County Courthouse and Jail) | St. Cloud | 1921 Beaux-Arts courthouse and 1922 Prairie School jail, prominent symbols of Stearns County government. Jail demolished in 1987. |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart | Upload image | April 15, 1982 (#82003044) | June 17, 1993 | Off County Highway 9 (original address) Current coordinates are 45°38′29″N 94°33′23″W﻿ / ﻿45.641512°N 94.556271°W﻿ / 45.641512; -94.556271﻿ (Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart) | Holdingford vicinity | Frame church reflecting the first stage of Catholic settlement in rural Stearns County. Moved to the grounds of the Stearns County Pioneer Club in 1989. |
| 2 | Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House | Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House | April 15, 1982 (#82003043) | March 28, 2024 | 206–210 2nd Street SE 45°39′43″N 94°41′18″W﻿ / ﻿45.661863°N 94.688378°W﻿ / 45.661863; -94.688378﻿ (Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House) | Freeport | Representative small milling complex better known as Swany White Flour Mills, with an 1898 mill and adjacent 1900 house. The mill burned down in December 2011. |
| 3 | St. Cloud Post Office/City Hall | Upload image | June 7, 1976 (#76001074) | May 15, 1987 | 314 W St. Germain St. | St. Cloud | 1902 Renaissance Revival post office relocated and converted to city hall in 1937. Demolished in 1986 to make way for a convention center. |
| 4 | St. Cloud Public Library | Upload image | April 15, 1982 (#82003055) | March 19, 1984 | 124 5th Ave. S. | St. Cloud | 1939 library. Demolished on November 18, 1981. |