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

Brown County Minnesota (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Flandrau State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources and Schell, August, Brewing Company, New Ulm Commercial Historic District, Sleepy Eye Milling Company and South Broadway Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Brown County historic places including Jacob Pfenninger and Charles Silverson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Brown County places including H. Gerlah, Carl Heers and H. Schapekahm. Prominent architectural styles found in Brown Country are Queen Anne, Italianate and Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

Flandrau State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources (added 1989 - - #89001658)

Also known as Flandrau (Cottonwood River) State Park

Off Co. Hwy. 13 SE of New Ulm , New Ulm

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

New Ulm Commercial Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001438)

Roughly bounded by Minnesota St., bet 1st S and 3rd N Sts. , New Ulm

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Meeting Hall, Museum, Organizational, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Museum, Professional, Specialty Store

Schell, August, Brewing Company (added 1974 - - #74001007)

20th South St. , New Ulm

Sinn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Sleepy Eye Milling Company (added 1991 - - #91000038)

Jct. of Fourth and Oak Sts., NE. , Sleepy Eye

Jatakuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Processing

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Processing

South Broadway Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001212)

200--308 S. Broadway , New Ulm

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Heers,Carl

Architectural Style:

Second Empire, Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Silverson,Charles,et al.

Significant Year:

1906, 1895

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

South German Street Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001217)

110-312 S. German St. , New Ulm

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate, Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Pfenninger,Jacob,et al.

Significant Year:

1899, 1884

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling