National Register of Historic Places - Minnesota (MN), Wabasha County

Wabasha County Minnesota has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include King Coulee Site, Lake City and Rochester Stage Road--Mount Pleasant Section, Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Rahilly, Patrick H., House and Reads Landing Overlook.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Riverine Archaic; Woodland and (Multicomponent);Oneota dating back to 1999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Wabasha County historic places including Patrick Henry Rahilly, Lucas Kuehn and B.S. Hurd.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wabasha County places including J.M. Evans, Omaha Structural Steel Bridge Co., Hugh Lincoln Cooper, Arthur R. Nichols, E. Alexander, John Stout, Cass Gilbert, Robert White, Daniel C. Hill and Works Project Administration. Prominent architectural styles found in Wabasha Country are Italianate, Classical Revival and Gothic Revival.

Bear Valley Grange Hall (added 1989 - - #88003089)

Also known as Chester Township Hall

Co. Hwy. 3 , Zumbro Falls

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall

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Bridge No. 5827--Zumbro Falls (added 1998 - - #98000684)

MN 60 over streambed , Zumbro Falls

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Works Project Administration, Minnesota Highway Dept.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Campbell, William H. and Alma Downer, House (added 1989 - - #89000367)

211 W. Second St. , Wabasha

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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:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Finch's Dry Goods Store (added 1989 - - #89000079)

Also known as Lake Pepin Pearl Button Factory

226 S. Washington St. , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

First Congregational Parsonage (added 1992 - - #82003061)

Also known as Wabasha Chiropractic Clinic

305 W. 2nd St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Medical Business/Office

Funk, Johanes and Catherine, House (added 1988 - - #88003216)

Off Co. Rd. 68 , Zumbro Falls

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Ginthner, Lorenz and Lugerde, House (added 1989 - - #89000368)

130 W. Third St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Grace Memorial Episcopal Church (added 1982 - - #82003062)

Also known as Grace Episcopal Church

205 E. 3rd St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gilbert,Cass

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Hurd House--Anderson Hotel (added 1978 - - #78001566)

Also known as Anderson Hotel

333 W. Main St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Hurd,B.S.,et al.

Significant Year:

1887, 1856

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

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King Coulee Site (added 1994 - - #94000340)

Also known as 21 WB 56

Address Restricted , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Riverine Archaic; Woodland, (Multicomponent);Oneota

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape, Other, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Forest, Road-Related

Kuehn, Lucas, House (added 1994 - - #89000369)

306 E. Main St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Kuehn,Lucas

Significant Year:

1878

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Lake City City Hall (added 1981 - - #81000325)

205 W. Center St. , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

White,Robert, Alexander,E.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Correctional Facility, Government Office

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Lake City and Rochester Stage Road--Mount Pleasant Section (added 1991 - - #91001063)

Off US 63 SW of Lake City, Mount Pleasant Township , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant (added 1991 - - #91000243)

Off Co. Hwy. 21 at N end of Lake Zumbro, Mazeppa Township , Mazeppa

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Omaha Structural Steel Bridge Co., Cooper,Hugh Lincoln

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility

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Rahilly, Patrick H., House (added 1975 - - #75001032)

Also known as See Also:Rahilly, Patrick H., House (Boundary Increase)

3 mi. W of Lake City on Co. Hwy. 15 , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italian Villa

Historic Person:

Rahilly,Patrick Henry

Significant Year:

1882, 1880

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Rahilly, Patrick H., House (Boundary Increase) (added 1979 - - #79003766)

Also known as See Also:Rahilly, Patrick H., House

Co. Hwy. 15, W of Lake City , Lake City

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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, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Processing, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure

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Reads Landing Overlook (added 2004 - - #04001359)

MN 61 , Pepin Township

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nichols, Arthur R., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

More Information:

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Reads Landing School (added 1989 - - #88003217)

Third St. and First Ave. , Reads Landing

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hill,Daniel C.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Schmidt, Clara and Julius, House (added 1989 - - #89000370)

418 E. Second St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

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:

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Schwedes, Henry S. and Magdalena, House (added 1989 - - #89000371)

230 E. Main St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Stout, James C. and Agnes M., House (added 1989 - - #88003138)

Also known as Stout Cottage

310 S. Oak St. , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tupper & Collins

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

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:

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Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (added 1989 - - #88003086)

Bridge St. , Millville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

European

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Museum

More Information:

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Thoirs, Alexander, House (added 1989 - - #89000372)

329 W. Second St. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

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:

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Wabasha Commercial Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003063)

Also known as See Also:Hurd House

Roughly along Main St. between Bridge and Bailey Aves. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Financial Institution, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Wabasha County Poor House (added 1982 - - #82003064)

Hiawatha Dr. , Wabasha

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Walnut Street Bridge (added 2003 - - #02001705)

Also known as Walnut Street Walking Bridge, Bridge No. R0412

W end of Walnut St. , Mazeppa

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hewett, Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Pedestrian Related

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Weaver Mercantile Building (added 1978 - - #78001567)

Also known as Noble Studio & Gallery

U.S. 61 and MN 74 , Minneiska

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Williamson-Russell-Rahilly House (added 1984 - - #84001709)

304 Oak St. , Lake City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Koch,Charles A., Stout,John

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Zumbro Parkway Bridge (added 1989 - - #89001824)

Also known as Bridge No. 3219

Co. Rd. 68 over Zumbro River , Zumbro Falls

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Evans,J.M.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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