Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Minnesota - Carver County
Carver County Minnesota has 41 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Grimm, Wendelin, Farmstead, Carver Historic District, Chaska Historical Marker, Peterson, Andrew, Farmstead and Zoar Moravian Church.

Many famous people are associated with these Carver County historic places including Wendelin Grimm, Andrew Peterson, Paul Mohrbacher, Frederick E. DuToit, Lucius Faber and Frederick Greiner.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Carver County places including Emile Amblard, James Slocum, Johann Schimmelpfennig, Albert Hedtke, John Geiser, Charles Klatt, Charles Sedgewick and Osterfeld & Wortmann. Prominent architectural styles found in Carver Country are Stick/Eastlake, Italianate and Classical Revival.

Amblard, Emile, Guest House (added 1980 - - #80001982)
Also known as Wishing Well Apartments
32-36 N. Vine St. , Waconia
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Amblard,Emile
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Barlous Lake Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78003573)
Addresss Restricted , Young America
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Owner:
Private
Brinkhaus Saloon Livery Barn (added 1980 - - #80001962)
Also known as Auto Parts
112 W. 4th St. , Chaska
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Carver Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001960)
Also known as Carver
Roughly bounded by Lime, 1st, Walnut and 6th Sts. , Carver
Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Chanhassen Township Hall (added 1990 - - #80001961)
Great Plains Blvd. , Chanhassen
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Chaska Historical Marker (added 2010 - - #10000415)
County Highway 61 near Edgehill Rd , Chaska
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Church of St. Hubertus--Catholic (added 1982 - - #82002937)
Great Plains Blvd., and W. 78th St. , Chanhassen
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Coney Island of the West (added 1976 - - #76001048)
Also known as Coney Island
Lake Waconia off MN 5 , Waconia
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
More Information:
archives document
DuToit, Frederick E., House (added 1980 - - #80001965)
121 Hickory St. , Chaska
Abiodork, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
DuToit,Frederick E.,et al.
Significant Year:
1870
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Communications
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Eder-Baer House (added 1980 - - #80001966)
Also known as Rosenwinkel House
105 Elm St. , Chaska
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Greiner, Frederick, House (added 1980 - - #80001967)
319 E. 3rd St. , Chaska
Elkman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Greiner,Frederick
Significant Year:
1870
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Grimm, Wendelin, Farmstead (added 1974 - - #74001008)
Off Co. Hwy. 11 in Carver Park Reserve , Victoria
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Grimm,Wendelin
Significant Year:
1876
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Guettler, Philip, House (added 1980 - - #80001963)
Also known as Cologne Milling Office
Adams and Mill Sts. , Cologne
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
archives document
Harms, J. Carsten and Magaretha, Farmhouse (added 2013 - - #13000931)
1110 Cty. Rd. 152 (Benton Township), Cologne
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Hasse Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78003571)
Address Restricted , Cologne
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Owner:
Private
Hebeisen, Jacob, Hardware Store (added 1980 - - #80001975)
Railroad and Maria Sts. , Hamburg
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Hebeisen, Jacob, House (added 1980 - - #80001976)
Off Co. Hwy. 50 , Hamburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Heck, Albertine and Fred, House (added 2000 - - #00001508)
8941 Audobon Rd. , Chanhassen
Abiodork, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Herald Block (added 1980 - - #80001968)
123 W. 2nd St. , Chaska
Elkman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Communications
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
archives document
Iltis Brewery and Ice House (added 1991 - - #80001969)
Also known as Beyrer Brewery and Ice House
597 Stoughton Ave. , Chaska
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
King Oscar's Settlement (added 1980 - - #80001974)
Also known as East Union
Co. Hwy. 40 , Carver
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Education, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, College, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Knotz, John, House (added 1980 - - #80001970)
Also known as Dr. Knotz House
Paul and Mill Sts. , Cologne
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Knotz,Dr. John,et al.
Significant Year:
1905
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Kusske and Hahn Saloon (added 2001 - - #80001977)
Co. Hwy. 23 , Mayer
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church (added 1980 - - #80001981)
Also known as Lake Auburn Moravian Church
Co. Hwy. 11 , Victoria
Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Lewis, E. H., House (added 1980 - - #80001971)
321 W. 2nd St. , Chaska
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Faber,Lucius,et al.
Significant Year:
1870
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Maiser, Charles, House (added 1980 - - #80001983)
16 W. Main St. , Waconia
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Miller Lake Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78003572)
Address Restricted , Cologne
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Owner:
Private
Mock Cigar Factory and House (added 1980 - - #80001984)
Also known as First Carver Realty
48 W. Main St. , Waconia
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
archives document
Mohrbacher, Paul, House (added 1980 - - #80001972)
102 Paul Ave., S. , Cologne
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Mohrbacher,Paul
Significant Year:
1880
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Norwood Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1980 - - #80001978)
Also known as Methodist Church Among the Maples
Hill and Union Sts. , Norwood
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Slocum,James
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Parley Lake Site (added 1978 - - #78003574)
Address Restricted , Waconia
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Owner:
Private
Peterson, Andrew, Farmstead (added 1979 - - #79003713)
Also known as The Rock Isle Farm
NE of Waconia on MN 5 , Waconia
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Peterson,Andrew
Significant Year:
1870, 1867
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Schimmelpfennig, Johann, Farmstead (added 1980 - - #80001980)
Off US 212 , Young America
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Simons Building and Livery Barn (added 1980 - - #80001964)
Also known as Courthouse Saloon
123 W. 3rd St. , Chaska
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Professional, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Waconia City Hall (added 1983 - - #83000900)
9 W. 1st St. , Waconia
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Osterfeld & Wortmann, Sedgewick,Charles
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Walnut Street Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001973)
Roughly around Walnut, 2nd, Chestnut and 6th Sts. , Chaska
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
West Main Street Houses (added 1980 - - #80001986)
Also known as Zrust,Alois,House and Carpenter's Catalogue Houses
417, 429, and 453 W. Main St. , Waconia
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Klatt,Charles, Hedtke,Albert
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
West Union (added 1980 - - #80001987)
Co. Hwy. 50 , Cologne
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure
More Information:
archives document
Winter Saloon (added 1980 - - #80001979)
Also known as Harms Bar
Elm and Hazel Sts. , Norwood
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Young America City Hall (added 1980 - - #80001988)
102 2nd Ave., S. , Young America
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall
More Information:
archives document
Zoar Moravian Church (added 1980 - - #80001985)
Also known as The Zoar Church
Co. Hwy. 10 , Chaska
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
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