Minnesota - Rice County

Rice County Minnesota has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archibald Mill, Archibald, Edward T., House, Goodsell Observatory--Carleton College, Hospital, State School for the Feeble Minded and Administration Building--Girls' Dormitory, Minnesota School for the Deaf.

Many famous people are associated with these Rice County historic places including Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, Arthur R. Trego, William Wallace Payne, E.T. Archibald, J.S. Archibald and Alexander Faribault.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rice County places including C.H. Johnston, Lorenzo Hamblin, Walter J. Stevens, Sverdup & Parcel, Waite & Kingsley, Okes Construction Co., J.E. Cook, Henry Congdon, Renwick & Co. and Monroe & Shiere. Prominent architectural styles found in Rice Country are Italianate, Gothic Revival and Queen Anne.

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