National Register of Historic Places listings in Nicollet County, Minnesota
Current listings
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Name on the Register

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Date listed[3]

Location
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Description

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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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[5]

4

Eugene Saint Julien Cox House

Eugene Saint Julien Cox House

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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.[6]

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.[5]

6

Fort Ridgely

Fort Ridgely

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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]

7

Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources

Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources

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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]

8

Alexander Harkin Store

Alexander Harkin Store

June 4, 1973
(#73000989)

County highway 21
44°23′13″N 94°35′56″W﻿ / ﻿44.386944°N 94.598889°W﻿ / 44.386944; -94.598889﻿ (Alexander Harkin Store)
New Ulm

1871 rural store and post office, now a Minnesota Historical Society museum with much of the original inventory intact.[9]

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 frame house of three-term governor John Albert Johnson.[5]

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

1874 brick Italianate house.[5]

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

1887 brick Queen Anne bank with Kasota limestone trim.[5] Also a contributing property to the St. Peter Commercial Historic District.[10]

12

Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail

Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail

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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

1881 brick Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by Edward Bassford, and 1907 brick Queen Anne jailhouse.[5]

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

1874 brick Italianate hotel designed by Edward Bassford.[5]

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)
Lake Prairie Township

c. 1900 rural store.[5]

15

North Mankato Public School

North Mankato Public School

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

1890 brick Queen Anne school with a 1904 addition.[5]

16

Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College

Old Main, Gustavus Adolphus College

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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

1876 Italianate campus building of Kasota limestone, designed by Edward Bassford.[5]

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

1888 brick Queen Anne house.[5]

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.[11]

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

1904 Classical Revival Carnegie library.[5]

20

St. Peter Commercial Historic District

St. Peter Commercial Historic District

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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

Late-19th and early-20th-century commercial buildings, largely of brick with stone trim.[5]

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Broadway Bridge is a Pennsylvania through truss reinforced-concrete highway bridge which carries Minnesota 99 over the Minnesota River in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . It was built in 1931 by the Minneapolis Bridge Company following a skewed steel design by the Minnesota Highway Department . For much of 2017 , the Minnesota Department of Transportation closed the bridge for a major rehabilitation which included enclosing it in plastic for the removal of lead paint . The project , which cost about $ 4.4 million , preserved the bridge , which had been in poor condition , and restored its original dark green color .
Minnesota State Highway 99 ( MN 99 ) is a 40.827-mile-long ( 65.705 km ) highway in south-central Minnesota , which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 14 in Nicollet and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 21 in Erin Township , near the city of Faribault . MN 99 passes through the cities of St. Peter and Le Center .
The Minnesota River ( Dakota : Mnisóta Wakpá ) is a tributary of the Mississippi River , approximately 332 miles ( 534 km ) long , in the U.S. state of Minnesota . It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles ( 44,000 km2 ) , 14,751 square miles ( 38,200 km2 ) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi ( 5,200 km2 ) in South Dakota and Iowa . It rises in southwestern Minnesota , in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota-South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage . It flows southeast to Mankato , then turns northeast . It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul , near the historic Fort Snelling . The valley is one of several distinct regions of Minnesota . The name Minnesota comes from the Dakota language phrase , Mnisota Makoce which is translated to land where the waters reflect the sky , as a reference to the many lakes in Minnesota rather than the cloudiness of the actual river . For over a century prior to the organization of the Minnesota Territory in 1849 , the name St. Pierre ( St. Peter ) had been generally applied to the river by French and English explorers and writers . Minnesota River is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as Ouadebameniſsouté [ Watpá Mnísota ] or R. St. Peter . On June 19 , 1852 , acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature , the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river , Minnesota , to be the rivers official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it . The valley that the Minnesota River flows in is up to five miles ( 8 km ) wide and 250 feet ( 80 m ) deep . It was carved into the landscape by the massive glacial River Warren between 11,700 and 9,400 years ago at the end of the last ice age in North America .
St. Peter is a city located in Nicollet County , Minnesota , United States . The city is located 10 miles north of the Mankato - North Mankato metropolitan area . The population was 11,196 at the 2010 census . It is the county seat of Nicollet County . Saint Peter is the home of Gustavus Adolphus College . U.S. Highway 169 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 99 are three of the main routes in the city . St. Peter 's sister city is Petatlán , Guerrero , Mexico .
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Le Sueur County , Minnesota . It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Le Sueur 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 26 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 .
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France . In its purest form , it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity , the Vitruvian principles , and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio . The development of archaeology was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture . Excavation sites like those in Pompeii and Herculaneum allowed architects to make in depth interpretations of Classical architecture and synthesize their own unique style . In form , neoclassical architecture emphasizes the wall rather than chiaroscuro and maintains separate identities to each of its parts . The style is manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament , and in its architectural formulae as an outgrowth of some classicising features of the Late Baroque architectural tradition . Therefore , the style defined by symmetry , simple geometry , and social demands instead of ornament . Neoclassical architecture is still designed today , but may be labelled New Classical Architecture for contemporary buildings . In Central and Eastern Europe , the style is usually referred to as Classicism , while the newer revival styles of the 19th century until today are called neoclassical .
Samuel Sloan ( March 7 , 1815 - July 19 , 1884 ) was a Philadelphia-based architect and best-selling author of architecture books in the mid-19th century . He specialized in Italianate villas and country houses , churches , and institutional buildings . His most famous building - the octagonal mansion Longwood in Natchez , Mississippi - is unfinished ; construction was abandoned during the American Civil War .
The Kirkbride Plan was a system of mental asylum design advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride ( 1809-1883 ) in the mid-19th century . The asylums built in the Kirkbride design , often referred to as Kirkbride Buildings ( or simply Kirkbrides ) , were constructed during the mid-to-late-19th century in the United States . The structural features of the hospitals as designated by Dr. Kirkbride were contingent on his theories regarding the healing of the mentally ill , in which environment and exposure to natural light and air circulation were crucial . The hospitals built according to the Kirkbride Plan would adopt various architectural styles , but had in common the bat wing style floor plan , housing numerous wings that sprawl outward from the center . The first hospital designed under the Kirkbride Plan was the Trenton State Hospital in Trenton , New Jersey , constructed in 1848 . Throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century , numerous psychiatric hospitals were designed under the Kirkbride Plan across the United States . By the twentieth century , popularity of the design had waned , largely due to the economic pressures of maintaining the immense facilities , as well as contestation of Dr. Kirkbride 's theories amongst the medical community . Numerous Kirkbride structures still exist today , though many have been demolished or partially-demolished and repurposed . At least 25 of the original Kirkbride buildings have been registered with the National Register of Historic Places in the United States , either directly or through their location on hospital campuses or in historic districts .
The Church of the Holy Communion is an historic stone Episcopal church building located at 116 North Minnesota Avenue St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . Designed by noted ecclesiastical architect Henry Martyn Congdon of New York City in the Gothic Revival style of architecture , it was built in 1869 of Kasota limestone . It features buttresses and a steeply sloping gabled roof with smaller gabled eye-windows on each slope of the roof . On May 19 , 1983 , the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Gothic Revival ( also referred to as Victorian Gothic , neo-Gothic , or Gothick ) is an architectural movement popular in the Western world that began in the late 1740s in England . Its momentum grew in the early 19th century , when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture , in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time . Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style , including decorative patterns , finials , lancet windows , hood moulds and label stops . The Gothic Revival movement emerged in 18th-century England , gaining ground in the 19th . Its roots were intertwined with deeply philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of high church or Anglo-Catholic belief concerned by the growth of religious nonconformism . Ultimately , the Anglo-Catholicism tradition of religious belief and style became known for its intrinsic appeal in the third quarter of the 19th century . Gothic Revival architecture varied considerably in its faithfulness to both the ornamental style and principles of construction of its medieval original , sometimes amounting to little more than pointed window frames and a few touches of Gothic decoration on a building otherwise on a wholly 19th-century plan and using contemporary materials and construction methods . In parallel to the ascendancy of neo-Gothic styles in 19th-century England , interest spread to the rest of Europe , Australia , Sierra Leone , South Africa and to the Americas ; the 19th and early 20th centuries saw the construction of very large numbers of Gothic Revival and Carpenter Gothic structures worldwide . The influence of Revivalism had nevertheless peaked by the 1870s . New architectural movements , sometimes related as in the Arts and Crafts movement , and sometimes in outright opposition , such as Modernism , gained ground , and by the 1930s the architecture of the Victorian era was generally condemned or ignored . The later 20th century saw a revival of interest , manifested in the United Kingdom by the establishment of the Victorian Society in 1958 .
Kasota limestone or simply , Kasota stone , also called Mankato stone , is a dolomitic limestone found in southern Minnesota , especially near the Minnesota River and its tributaries . This sedimentary rock is part of the Oneota Dolomite of southern Minnesota and is approximately 450 million years old ( lower Ordovician Period ) . This particular limestone is rich in dolomite and magnesium , making it resistant to weathering , and it is thus widely used as a building material . Its name is taken from Kasota Township where the stone has been quarried .
Henry Martyn Congdon ( 1834-1922 ) was an American architect and designer . The son of an Episcopal priest who was a founder of the New York Ecclesiological Society , he was born in Brooklyn , New York . In 1854 , he graduated from Columbia College , where he was a member of Psi Upsilon . Congdon was apprenticed to John W. Priest , and following Priest 's death , assumed his practice , located at the time in Newburgh , New York . He moved the practice to Manhattan , cooperating for a time with Emlen T. Littel and J. Cleveland Cady , otherwise practicing alone until he was joined by his son , Herbert Wheaton Congdon . He resided in Brooklyn at the time of his death . Specializing in churches , he designed numerous Episcopal churches during his career , mainly in the Gothic Revival tradition . During the Civil War , he served as a member of the 7th Regiment . During his career , he was Vice President of the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences , and Secretary of the American Institute of Architects .
The Eugene Saint Julien Cox House , now known as the E. St. Julien Cox House , is a Carpenter Gothic-style house in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . It was built in 1871 for Eugene Saint Julien Cox , the first mayor of St. Peter , and his family . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20 , 1970 . The building has been restored inside and out to its late 19th-century appearance by the Nicollet County Historical Society , which opens it as a house museum a few days per week during the summer .
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture . In the Italianate style , the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture , which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and Neoclassicism , were synthesised with picturesque aesthetics . The style of architecture that was thus created , though also characterised as Neo-Renaissance , was essentially of its own time . The backward look transforms its object , Siegfried Giedion wrote of historicist architectural styles ; every spectator at every period - at every moment , indeed - inevitably transforms the past according to his own nature . The Italianate style was first developed in Britain in about 1802 by John Nash , with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire . This small country house is generally accepted to be the first Italianate villa in England , from which is derived the Italianate architecture of the late Regency and early Victorian eras . The Italianate style was further developed and popularised by the architect Sir Charles Barry in the 1830s . Barry 's Italianate style ( occasionally termed Barryesque ) drew heavily for its motifs on the buildings of the Italian Renaissance , though sometimes at odds with Nash 's semi-rustic Italianate villas . The style was not confined to England and was employed in varying forms , long after its decline in popularity in Britain , throughout Northern Europe and the British Empire . From the late 1840s to 1890 it achieved huge popularity in the United States , where it was promoted by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis .
Fort Ridgely was a United States Army outpost ( 1853-1867 ) near the Dakota reservation in southwestern Minnesota ( located near Fairfax ) . Built between 1853-1854 , it was named for three officers named Ridgely who were killed in the Mexican-American War . The fort played an important role in the Dakota War of 1862 . The Battle of Fort Ridgely was fought there in two engagements over August 20-22 , 1862 between Army volunteers and refugees from the Minnesota River valley , and Dakota forces . The Army abandoned the fort in 1867 and moved westward . Civilians occupied the remaining buildings and later dismantled the structures for their own use . Today the building foundations are preserved by the Nicollet County Historical Society and owned by the Minnesota Historical Society within the boundaries of Fort Ridgely State Park . The old commissary building ( partially reconstructed by the Veteran Conservation Corps in the 1930s ) now houses the museum . The fort was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 , while much of the park was added in 1989 .
Minnesota State Highway 4 ( MN 4 ) is a 167.136-mile-long ( 268.979 km ) highway in southwest and west-central Minnesota , which runs from Iowa Highway 4 at the Iowa state line ( near Dunnell , MN and Estherville , IA ) , and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 94 near Sauk Centre and Melrose .
Fairfax is a city in Renville County , Minnesota , United States . The population was 1,235 at the 2010 census . Minnesota State Highways 4 and 19 are two of the main arterial routes in the city . Fort Ridgely State Park is nearby .
The Lower Sioux Indian Reservation , ( Dakota : Cansa'yapi ; Lakota : Čhaŋšáyapi ) also known as the Mdewakanton Tribal Reservation , is an Indian reservation located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Paxton and Sherman townships in Redwood County , Minnesota . Its administrative headquarters is two miles south of Morton . The reservation is located southeast of Redwood Falls , the county seat . The area was established as part of a reservation for the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of the Lower Sioux under the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851 with the federal government . It originally extended about 70 miles ( 110 km ) along the Minnesota River and was 20 miles ( 30 km ) wide . It was greatly reduced following the Dakota War of 1862 and various other actions . As of the 2000 census , this lower reservation had a population of 335 , and a land area of 2.705 sq mi ( 7.006 km² ) .
The Battle of Fort Ridgely was an early battle in the Dakota War of 1862 . Built between 1853-1855 in the southern part of what was then the territory of Minnesota , Fort Ridgely was the only military post between the Sioux Reservations and the settlers .
The Dakota War of 1862 , also known as the Sioux Uprising , the Dakota Uprising , the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 , the Dakota Conflict , the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 or Little Crow 's War , was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of Dakota ( also known as the eastern 'Sioux ' ) . It began on August 17 , 1862 , along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota , four years after its admission as a state . Throughout the late 1850s in the lead-up to the war , treaty violations by the United States and late or unfair annuity payments by Indian agents caused increasing hunger and hardship among the Dakota . During the war , the Dakota made extensive attacks on hundreds of settlers and immigrants , which resulted in settler deaths , and caused many to flee the area . Intense desire for immediate revenge ended with soldiers capturing hundreds of Dakota men and interning their families . A military tribunal quickly tried the men , sentencing 303 to death for their crimes . President Lincoln would later commute the sentence of 264 of them . The mass hanging of 38 Dakota men was conducted on December 26 , 1862 , in Mankato , Minnesota ; it was the largest mass execution in United States history . Traders with the Dakota previously had demanded that the government give the annuity payments directly to them ( introducing the possibility of unfair dealing between the agents and the traders to the exclusion of the Dakota ) . In mid-1862 , the Dakota demanded the annuities directly from their agent , Thomas J. Galbraith . The traders refused to provide any more supplies on credit under those conditions , and negotiations reached an impasse . On August 17 , 1862 , one young Dakota with a hunting party of three others killed five settlers while on a hunting expedition .
Fort Ridgely State Park is a state park of Minnesota , USA , on the Minnesota River south of Fairfax . It preserves Fort Ridgely , site of the Battle of Fort Ridgely during the Dakota War of 1862 . It is the only Minnesota state park with a 9-hole golf course , which overlooks the Minnesota River and goes along Fort Ridgely Creek . The Civilian Conservation Corps Rustic Style buildings within the state park , built between 1934 and 1936 , are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
New Ulm is a city in Brown County , Minnesota , United States . The population was 13,522 at the 2010 census . It is the county seat of Brown County . Located in the triangle of land formed by the confluence of the Minnesota River and the Cottonwood River , the city is home to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame , the Hermann Heights Monument , Martin Luther College , Flandrau State Park , and the August Schell Brewing Company . New Ulm is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm . U.S. Highway 14 and Minnesota State Highways 15 and 68 are three of the main routes in the city .
National Park Service rustic - sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture - is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service ( NPS ) through its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment . Since its founding in 1916 , the NPS sought to design and build visitor facilities without visually interrupting the natural or historic surroundings . The early results were characterized by intensive use of hand labor and a rejection of the regularity and symmetry of the industrial world , reflecting connections with the Arts and Crafts movement and American Picturesque architecture . Architects , landscape architects and engineers combined native wood and stone with convincingly native styles to create visually appealing structures that seemed to fit naturally within the majestic landscapes . Examples of the style can be found in numerous types of National Park structures , including entrance gateways , hotels and lodges , park roads and bridges , visitor centers , trail shelters , informational kiosks , and even mundane maintenance and support facilities . Many of these buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) was a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed , unmarried men . Originally for young men ages 18-25 , it was eventually expanded to ages 17-28 . Robert Fechner was the first director of this agency , succeeded by James McEntee following Fechner 's death . The CCC was a major part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's New Deal that provided manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal , state , and local governments . The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men and to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States . Maximum enrollment at any one time was 300,000 . Through the course of its nine years in operation , 3 million young men participated in the CCC , which provided them with shelter , clothing , and food , together with a wage of $ 30 ( equivalent to $ 590 in 2019 ) per month ( $ 25 of which had to be sent home to their families ) .
Harkin 's General Store is all that remains of West Newton , in Nicollet County , Minnesota , United States . Alexander Harkin opened the store as combination general store and post office in 1867 in the growing town of West Newton . The town fell into decline after four years of locust swarms devastated southern Minnesota , and the railroad extended away from West Newton . The store finally closed its doors in 1901 . Most of the stock was left when the store was closed and abandoned , and remains today as a museum managed by the Nicollet County Historical Society in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society .
The Minnesota Historical Society ( MNHS ) is a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the U.S. state of Minnesota . It was founded by the territorial legislature in 1849 , almost a decade before statehood . The Society is named in the Minnesota Constitution . It is headquartered in the Minnesota History Center in downtown St. Paul . Although its focus is on Minnesota history it is not constrained by it . Its work on the North American fur trade has been recognized in Canada as well . MNHS holds a collection of nearly 550,000 books , 37,000 maps , 250,000 photographs , 225,000 historical artifacts , 950,000 archaeological items , 38,000 cubic feet ( 1,100 m3 ) of manuscripts , 45,000 cubic feet ( 1,300 m3 ) of government records , 5,500 paintings , prints and drawings ; and 1,300 moving image items . [ citation needed ] MNopedia : The Minnesota Encyclopedia , is since 2011 an online resource for reliable information about significant people , places , events , and things in Minnesota history , that is funded through a Legacy Amendment Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund grant and administered by the Minnesota Historical Society . The Minnesota Historical Society Press ( MNHS Press ) publishes books on the history and culture of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest with the goal of advancing research , supporting education , and sharing diverse perspectives on Minnesota history . MNHS Press is the oldest publishing company in the state of Minnesota and the largest historical society press in the nation , with more than 500 books in print . MNHS Press also produces the quarterly magazine , Minnesota History ( journal ) .
John Albert Johnson ( July 28 , 1861 - September 21 , 1909 ) was an American politician . He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1897 to January 1901 . He was the 16th Governor of Minnesota from January 4 , 1905 until his death on September 21 , 1909 . He was a Democrat . He was the first governor born in Minnesota to serve in office . He was only the second non-Republican governor in the previous 50 years and third since statehood . He was also first to serve a full term in the present state capitol , and the first to die in office . Johnson sought the 1908 Democratic presidential nomination but lost to William Jennings Bryan .
In the United States , Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910 . Queen Anne was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era . Within the Victorian era timeline , Queen Anne style followed the Eastlake style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles . The style bears almost no relationship to the Queen Anne style architecture , a toned-down version of English Baroque mostly used for gentry houses , produced in the actual reign of Queen Anne from 1702 to 1714 . It describes a wide range of picturesque buildings with free Renaissance ( non-Gothic Revival ) details rather than of a specific formulaic style in its own right . Queen Anne , as an alternative both to the French-derived Second Empire and the less domestic Beaux-Arts architecture , is broadly applied to architecture , furniture and decorative arts of the period 1880 to 1910 ; some Queen Anne architectural elements , such as the wraparound front porch , continued to be found into the 1920s .
The Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail are historic governmental buildings located at 501 South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . The courthouse was designed in a Romanesque Revival style of architecture by noted St. Paul architects Edward P. Bassford and E. W. Stebbins . Construction started and was completed in 1881 at a cost of $ 26,638 . Bohn and Wilce of Winona were the builders . Minor extensions and additions were made in 1917 and 1967 . In 1978 a $ 913,512 3-story addition designed by Wick-Kagermeier-Skaar of Mankato was built on the rear side of the building . A March 28 , 1998 tornado damaged the building and after repairs it was reopened in June 2000 . The next year a 3-year multimillion-dollar extension and renovation began . The building is now called the Nicollet County Government Center . The jail was designed in a Queen Anne style of architecture by Winona architect Andrew J . Van Deusen . Construction was started in 1906 and completed in 1907 at an estimated cost of about $ 22,000 .
Romanesque Revival ( or Neo-Romanesque ) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture . Unlike the historic Romanesque style , however , Romanesque Revival buildings tended to feature more simplified arches and windows than their historic counterparts . An early variety of Romanesque Revival style known as Rundbogenstil ( Round-arched style ) was popular in German lands and in the German diaspora beginning in the 1830s . By far the most prominent and influential American architect working in a free Romanesque manner was Henry Hobson Richardson . In the United States , the style derived from examples set by him are termed Richardsonian Romanesque , of which not all are Romanesque Revival . Romanesque Revival is also sometimes referred to as the Norman style or Lombard style , particularly in works published during the 19th century after variations of historic Romanesque that were developed by the Normans and Lombards , respectively . Like its influencing Romanesque style , the Romanesque Revival style was widely used for churches , and occasionally for synagogues such as the New Synagogue of Strasbourg built in 1898 , and the Congregation Emanu-El of New York built in 1929 . The style was quite popular for university campuses in the late 19th and early 20th century , especially in the United States and Canada ; well known examples can be found at the University of California , Los Angeles , University of Southern California , Tulane University , University of Denver , University of Toronto , and Wayne State University .
Edward Payson Bassford ( 1837-1912 ) was an architect who practiced in St. Paul , Minnesota , in the late 19th century . Born in Calais , Maine , on June 7 , 1837 , he moved to St. Paul in 1866 . He worked in the office of Abraham Radcliffe for a time , then founded his own architectural firm . By the 1870s , Bassford was the busiest architect in St. Paul , working on designs for houses , schools , and many commercial buildings . His firm also employed architects who later were famous in their own right , such as Cass Gilbert , Augustus Gauger , Edward J. Donohue , Silas Jacobson , and Charles Bassford . He died in Osakis , Minnesota , on July 20 , 1912 . Several of his designs are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . These include :
Minnesota State Highway 22 ( MN 22 ) is a 166.325-mile-long ( 267.674 km ) highway in south-central and central Minnesota , which runs from Winnebago County Road R50 at the Iowa state line near Kiester and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Richmond , west of St . Cloud .
Lake Prairie Township is a township in Nicollet County , Minnesota , United States . The population was 652 at the 2000 census . Lake Prairie Township was organized in 1858 , and named for the lakes and prairie within its borders .
North Mankato is a city in Nicollet and Blue Earth counties in the State of Minnesota . The population was 13,394 at the 2010 census . While most of the city is in Nicollet County , it extends into Blue Earth County a small amount as well . It is neighbored to the south across the Minnesota River by Mankato . The two cities have a combined population of over 56,500 . North Mankato is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Mankato-North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan area that covers Blue Earth and Nicollet counties . North Mankato was incorporated as a village in 1898 . U.S . Highways 14 and 169 and Minnesota State Highway 60 are three of the main routes in the city .
Gustavus Adolphus College ( /ɡəsˈteɪvəs/ gəs-TAY-vəs ) is a private , coeducational liberal arts college in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . A four-year , residential institution , Gustavus Adolphus College was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . The college retains its Swedish and Lutheran heritage . Gustavus is guided by five core values : excellence , community , justice , service , and faith . The premier event on campus is the annual Nobel Conference , which features Nobel Laureates and other scholars explaining their expertise to a general audience . Every tree indigenous to Minnesota is grown in the college 's Linnaeus Arboretum . Gustavus celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2012 and was visited by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Sylvia of Sweden in October 2011 . It ranked 49th on Niche 's 2020 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America list .
The Emilie and Stephen Schumacher House is a historic home located in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . Designed in the Queen Anne style , it was built for a local merchant named Stephen Shumacher and completed in 1887 . The home was designed by Henry Gerlach , a Mankato-based architect who designed many residential and commercial buildings in the surrounding area . After being passed on to the Schumacher 's descendants the home was sold in 1967 ( though it remained a private home ) . During the 1998 Comfrey-St. Peter tornado outbreak the home was badly damaged including the complete loss of the home 's turret , roof and porch . In a yearlong restoration project aided by the Minnesota Historical Society the home was meticulously restored . The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as an excellent local example of a Queen Anne style home .
The St. Peter Armory is a former National Guard Armory in St. Peter , Minnesota , United States . Built from 1912 to 1913 , it is one of the oldest armories still standing in Minnesota and was the first one to be owned by the state upon its completion . It was designed in a restrained Gothic Revival style which captures a transition in Minnesota armory design from heavy , fortresslike buildings to the simpler designs of the 1920s . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 for having local significance in the themes of architecture , military history , and social history . It was nominated for being an excellent example of Minnesota 's pre-World War I armories , as well as for its early status , transitional architecture , and role in St. Peter as a center not only of military affairs but also social and recreational events .
A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929 , including some belonging to public and university library systems . 1,689 were built in the United States , 660 in the United Kingdom and Ireland , 125 in Canada , and others in Australia , South Africa , New Zealand , Serbia , Belgium , France , the Caribbean , Mauritius , Malaysia , and Fiji . At first , Carnegie libraries were almost exclusively in places where he had a personal connection - namely his birthplace in Scotland and the Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania area , his adopted home-town . Yet , beginning in the middle of 1899 , Carnegie substantially increased funding to libraries outside these areas . In later years few towns that requested a grant and agreed to his terms were refused . By the time the last grant was made in 1919 , there were 3,500 libraries in the United States , nearly half of them built with construction grants paid by Carnegie .