Minnesota - 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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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:
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:
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:
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
More Information:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
More Information:
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:
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:
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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