National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Olmsted 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 25 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. Many of the county's listings are associated with the Mayo Clinic, an influential hospital and medical research facility founded in 1889.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 14, 2022.[1]

Current listings[]

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[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed[3] Location City or town Description
1 Avalon Hotel
Avalon Hotel
March 19, 1982
(#82002992)
301 North Broadway
44°01′35″N 92°27′48″W / 44.026453°N 92.463291°W / 44.026453; -92.463291 (Avalon Hotel)
Rochester 1919 hotel, originally a kosher venue for Jewish travelers, that in 1944 became one of Rochester's few African American-owned and -oriented businesses prior to desegregation. Now the Avalon Music store.[4]
2
Dr. Donald C. Balfour House
July 21, 2004
(#04000723)
427 6th Avenue SW
44°01′06″N 92°28′19″W / 44.018416°N 92.471858°W / 44.018416; -92.471858 (Dr. Donald C. Balfour House)
Rochester 1910 house of Mayo Clinic co-founder Dr. Donald Balfour.[5]
3
Benike Family Barn
October 7, 2011
(#09000407)
5209 County Road 21 NE
44°08′15″N 92°22′30″W / 44.137379°N 92.374927°W / 44.137379; -92.374927 (Benike Family Barn)
Farmington Township Circa-1875 example of the timber-framed, three-bay barns built during a decade of increased agriculture in Olmsted County and a shift from wheat to diversified farming across southeast Minnesota.[6]
4
John G. Bush House
July 2, 1980
(#80004531)
223 East Center Street
43°58′29″N 92°08′11″W / 43.974676°N 92.136428°W / 43.974676; -92.136428 (John G. Bush House)
Dover c. 1877 brick Italianate house of a successful merchant.[7]
5 Chateau Dodge Theatre
Chateau Dodge Theatre
July 17, 1980
(#80002098)
15 1st Street SW
44°01′22″N 92°27′50″W / 44.022803°N 92.463962°W / 44.022803; -92.463962 (Chateau Dodge Theatre)
Rochester 1927 Exotic Revival atmospheric theatre.[7]
6
Coan House
July 2, 1980
(#80004532)
118 West 5th Street
43°59′04″N 92°14′00″W / 43.984368°N 92.23343°W / 43.984368; -92.23343 (Coan House)
Eyota c. 1888 brick Eastlake movement house.[7]
7
Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association
July 2, 1980
(#80004533)
222 Washington Avenue S.
43°59′10″N 92°13′36″W / 43.986075°N 92.226798°W / 43.986075; -92.226798 (Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association)
Eyota 1924 brick creamery designed by for a dairy cooperative.[7]
8
Frank's Ford Bridge
July 8, 1980
(#80004534)
County Road 121 over the South Branch of the Zumbro River
44°07′47″N 92°27′45″W / 44.129628°N 92.462584°W / 44.129628; -92.462584 (Frank's Ford Bridge)
Oronoco 1895 through truss bridge built by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.[7]
9
Christoph Krause Farmstead
October 10, 1980
(#80002097)
County Highway 30
43°57′31″N 92°08′17″W / 43.958611°N 92.138056°W / 43.958611; -92.138056 (Christoph Krause Farmstead)
Dover 1870s farmstead with a brick Italianate farmhouse.[7]
10 Maass and McAndrew Company Building
Maass and McAndrew Company Building
May 24, 2016
(#16000278)
12-14 4th Street SW
44°01′09″N 92°27′50″W / 44.019298°N 92.463763°W / 44.019298; -92.463763 (Maass and McAndrew Company Building)
Rochester Home of a mechanical contracting firm in operation 1909–1929, significant for designing and constructing much of the specialized equipment and facilities that helped boost the Mayo Clinic to national prominence.[8]
11 Mayo Clinic Building
Mayo Clinic Building
August 4, 1969
(#69000075)
110 and 115 2nd Avenue SW
44°01′19″N 92°27′56″W / 44.02189°N 92.465548°W / 44.02189; -92.465548 (Mayo Clinic Building)
Rochester Also known as the Plummer Building, the 1928 headquarters of the influential Mayo Clinic.[9]
12 Dr. William J. Mayo House
Dr. William J. Mayo House
March 26, 1975
(#75001001)
701 4th Street SW
44°01′11″N 92°28′25″W / 44.019735°N 92.473748°W / 44.019735; -92.473748 (Dr. William J. Mayo House)
Rochester 1916 stone Tudor Revival mansion of Mayo Clinic co-founder Dr. William James Mayo. Later known as the Mayo Foundation House.[7][10]
13
Mayowood Historic District
September 22, 1970
(#70000306)
3720 Mayowood Road SW
43°59′40″N 92°31′09″W / 43.994536°N 92.519163°W / 43.994536; -92.519163 (Mayowood Historic District)
Rochester 10-acre (4 ha) estate dating to 1911 of Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939) and his son Charles William Mayo (1898–1968), significant for its architecture and association with the Mayo Clinic.[11] Now a museum.[12]
14
Oronoco School
July 2, 1980
(#80004536)
County Highway 18
44°09′43″N 92°32′02″W / 44.161972°N 92.533963°W / 44.161972; -92.533963 (Oronoco School)
Oronoco School in use 1875–1926, a well-preserved example of institutional Italianate architecture and education in Minnesota's rural communities.[13]
15 Pill Hill Residential Historic District
Pill Hill Residential Historic District
November 29, 1990
(#85003768)
Roughly bounded by 3rd and 9th Streets and 7th and 10th Avenues SW
44°01′02″N 92°28′32″W / 44.0171°N 92.475545°W / 44.0171; -92.475545 (Pill Hill Residential Historic District)
Rochester 15-block neighborhood long fashionable among Rochester's numerous medical professionals, with 133 contributing properties exhibiting the architectural styles popular in the first three decades of the 20th century.[14]
16 Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge
Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge
October 10, 1980
(#80002102)
Off County Highway 1
43°52′12″N 92°23′04″W / 43.870078°N 92.384482°W / 43.870078; -92.384482 (Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge)
Pleasant Grove Both the oldest purpose-built and continuously used Masonic Temple in Minnesota, built in 1868; with a first floor community hall long serving as the area's social center.[15]
17 Henry S. Plummer House
Henry S. Plummer House
May 21, 1975
(#75001002)
1091 Plummer Lane
44°00′38″N 92°28′47″W / 44.010657°N 92.479789°W / 44.010657; -92.479789 (Henry S. Plummer House)
Rochester Tudor Revival estate built 1917–1924 for pivotal Mayo Clinic doctor and architect Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1936).[16] Also a contributing property to the Pill Hill Residential Historic District.[14] Now a city park and event center.[17]
18
Rochester Armory
December 2, 1980
(#80004268)
121 North Broadway
44°01′31″N 92°27′49″W / 44.025139°N 92.463491°W / 44.025139; -92.463491 (Rochester Armory)
Rochester Prominent 1915 example of the medieval fortress design popular for early-20th-century armories, and the local focus of Minnesota National Guard activity into the 1970s.[18]
19
Rochester Public Library
July 2, 1980
(#80004537)
226 2nd Street SW
44°01′17″N 92°28′01″W / 44.02134°N 92.466991°W / 44.02134; -92.466991 (Rochester Public Library)
Rochester Well-crafted and preserved example of an urban Public Works Administration project, built 1936–37. Now the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine's Mitchell Student Center.[19]
20
St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead
July 2, 1980
(#80004538)
County Highway 104
44°01′29″N 92°33′22″W / 44.024704°N 92.556085°W / 44.024704; -92.556085 (St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead)
Rochester vicinity Massive 1923 barn built to supply pasteurized milk to the expanding patient population of St. Mary's Hospital.[20]
21 George Stoppel Farmstead
George Stoppel Farmstead
May 12, 1975
(#75001000)
1195 W. Circle Drive
44°00′29″N 92°30′36″W / 44.008045°N 92.509962°W / 44.008045; -92.509962 (George Stoppel Farmstead)
Rochester Locally rare surviving mid-19th-century farmstead complex with three architecturally distinctive buildings.[21] Preserved on the grounds of the History Center of Olmsted County.[22]
22
Toogood Barns
June 26, 1975
(#75001003)
615 16th Street SW
44°00′01″N 92°28′21″W / 44.000194°N 92.472553°W / 44.000194; -92.472553 (Toogood Barns)
Rochester Interconnected stone barns built circa 1870; one of Minnesota's finest surviving masonry farm complexes and a symbol of its New Englander pioneers.[23]
23 Viola Cooperative Creamery
Viola Cooperative Creamery
November 12, 1999
(#99001310)
10500 Viola Road NE
44°03′52″N 92°16′11″W / 44.064534°N 92.269599°W / 44.064534; -92.269599 (Viola Cooperative Creamery)
Viola Creamery in operation 1924–1948, representing the cooperative dairy movement of the first half of the 20th century and the heyday of small, specialty creameries.[24]
24
Milo White House
March 19, 1982
(#82002991)
122 Burr Oak Street
43°51′02″N 92°11′18″W / 43.850521°N 92.18836°W / 43.850521; -92.18836 (Milo White House)
Chatfield Elaborate Queen Anne house built 1883–84 for settler and politician Milo White (1830–1913).[25]
25
Timothy A. Whiting House
December 4, 1980
(#80004269)
225 1st Avenue NW
44°01′34″N 92°27′54″W / 44.026035°N 92.464898°W / 44.026035; -92.464898 (Timothy A. Whiting House)
Rochester Well-preserved example of an Italianate house, built in 1875 during Rochester's initial development as a center of agricultural commerce.[26] Now the Heritage House Victorian Museum.[27]

Former listings[]

[2] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot
December 4, 1980
(#80004267)
November 13, 1987 88 South Park Avenue and 130 South Park Avenue (original address)
Current coordinates are

44°01′08″N 92°27′41″W / 44.018984°N 92.461361°W / 44.018984; -92.461361 (Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot)
Rochester 1900 Chicago Great Western Railway depot.[28] Moved in 1987.[7][29]
2 October 22, 1980
(#80002099)
May 4, 1984 3210 19th Street, N.W.
Rochester 1868 limestone barn of a prosperous early farm. Destroyed by an accidental fire on January 24, 1982.[30]
3
Hotel Zumbro
October 10, 1980
(#80002100)
March 28, 1988 101 First Avenue, S.W.
Rochester 1912 hotel catering to Mayo Clinic patients and their families. Demolished by owners in 1987 to make way for a modern replacement.[30]
4 July 2, 1980
(#80004535)
September 25, 1987 419 Fourth Street, S.W.
Rochester 1903 house of Dr. Charles Horace Mayo. Demolished as a condition of land sale back to the Mayo Clinic in 1987.[30]
5
Pierce House
July 21, 1980
(#80002101)
November 7, 2016 426 Second Avenue, S.W.
44°01′06″N 92°27′56″W / 44.018363°N 92.465634°W / 44.018363; -92.465634 (Pierce House)
Rochester 1877 brick Italianate hotel which became a nursing school and later apartments.[7] Demolished June 5, 2007.[31]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 14, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  3. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  4. ^ Bluhm, Matthew; Maria Bartholdi (Jan–Feb 2012). "The Avalon Hotel - Paving the way for racial equality in Rochester". Rochester Women Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  5. ^ "Balfour, Dr. Donald C., House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  6. ^ Granger, Susan; Scott Kelly (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Benike Family Barn". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  8. ^ Bisel, Jane; Steve Williams (2016-01-07). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maas and McAndrew Company Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-16. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "Mayo Clinic Building". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  10. ^ "Houses: William J. Mayo House (Mayo Foundation House)". A Minnesota Sampler. Minnesota Historical Society. 2007. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  11. ^ Grossman, John (1970-03-20). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Mayowood or "Big House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  12. ^ "Mayowood". History Center of Olmsted County. 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  13. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Oronoco School. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  14. ^ a b Koop, Michael (1990-01-01). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pill Hill Residential Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  15. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge No. 22 A.F. and A.M. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  16. ^ VanBrocklin, Lynne (1974-11-05). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Plummer Gardens. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  17. ^ "Plummer House". City of Rochester Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  18. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Rochester Armory. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  19. ^ Frame, Robert (1980-04-03). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Rochester Public Library. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  20. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farm. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  21. ^ Tyrrell, Jr., George; Lynne VanBrocklin (November 1974). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Dodge Farm. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  22. ^ "Grounds and Buildings". History Center of Olmsted County. 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  23. ^ Lutz, Thomas (1975-03-26). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Toogood Barns. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  24. ^ Peterson, Garneth O. (1999-06-14). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Viola Cooperative Creamery. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  25. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: White, Milo, House (Hazelwood). National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  26. ^ Frame III, Robert M. (April 1980). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Whiting, Timothy A., House. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  27. ^ "Heritage House Victorian Museum". Heritage House Victorian Museum. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  28. ^ "Chicago Great Western Depot (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  29. ^ "About Us". Dos Amigos Mexican Restaurant. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  30. ^ a b c El-Hai, Jack (2000). Lost Minnesota: Stories of Vanished Places. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816635153.
  31. ^ Hansel, Jeff (2007-07-07). "130-year-old Maxwell House is no more". Post-Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota.

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