Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Minnesota - Olmsted County
Olmsted County Minnesota has 34 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Balfour, Dr. Donald C., House, Mayo Clinic Buildings, Mayo, Charles H., House, Mayo, Dr. William J., House and Mayowood Historic District.

Many famous people are associated with these Olmsted County historic places including Dr. William J. Mayo, Dr. Donald Church Balfour, Dr. Henry S. Plummer, Dr. Charles Mayo, Milo White and William F. Toogood.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Olmsted County places including Dr. Henry Plummer, Ellerbe & Assoc., Dr. Henry S. Plummer, Harold Hamilton Crawford, Elletbee Architects, Heffron & Fitzgerald, Mathew Fugle, D.J. Bascomb, Harold Crawford and Peter P. Bross. Prominent architectural styles found in Olmsted Country are Italianate, Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival.

Avalon Hotel (added 1982 - - #82002992)
Also known as Broadway Square
301 N. Broadway , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Balfour, Dr. Donald C., House (added 2004 - - #04000723)
Also known as Civic League Day Nursery
427 Sixth Ave. SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Balfour, Dr. Donald Church
Significant Year:
1910
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
archives document
Benike Family Farmstead (added 2009 - - #09000407)
5209 Co. Rd. 21 NE. , Elgin
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
More Information:
archives document
Bush, John G., House (added 1980 - - #80004531)
Center St. , Dover
Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Bush,John G.
Significant Year:
1877
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
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
Calvary Episcopal Church (added 1975 - - #75002219)
Third Ave. at Second St. SW , Rochester
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Chateau Dodge Theatre (added 1980 - - #80002098)
Also known as Chateau Theatre
15 1st St., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Heffron & Fitzgerald,et al., Elletbee Architects
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
More Information:
archives document
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot (added 1987 - - #80004267)
Also known as Jefferson Lines Bus Depot
88 S. Park Ave. and 130 S. Park Ave. , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Coan House (added 1980 - - #80004532)
118 W. 5th St. , Eyota
Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
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:
archives document
Cutting, Lucius, Barn (added 1984 - - #80002099)
Also known as Fellows Barn
3210 19th St., NW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings
Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association (added 1980 - - #80004533)
Also known as Eyota Cooperative Creamery
222 Washington Ave., S. , Eyota
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Frank's Ford Bridge (added 1980 - - #80004534)
Also known as Red Bridge;Olmsted Co. No. L6322
CR 121 over S. Branch of Zumbro River , Oronoco
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chicago Bridge & Iron, Horton,Horace E.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Fugle's, Mathew, Flour Mill (added 1982 - - #82005053)
Also known as Fugle's Mill
CR 1 , Stewartville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fugle,Mathew
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Hotel Zumbro (added 1988 - - #80002100)
Also known as Kahler Zumbro Hotel
101 1st Ave., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Hotel
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Krause, Christoph, Farmstead (added 1980 - - #80002097)
Co. Hwy. 30 , Dover
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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, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
archives document
Maass and McAndrew Company Building (added 2016 - - #16000278)
Rochester, Rochester
Jonathunder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1949 AD
Mayo Clinic Buildings (added 1969 - - #69000075)
Also known as Mayo Clinic
110 and 115 2nd Ave. , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Invention
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Clinic
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Clinic
Mayo, Charles H., House (added 1987 - - #80004535)
Also known as Edith Mae Guest House;Red House
419 4th St., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Mayo,Dr. Charles
Significant Year:
1903
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Mayo, Dr. William J., House (added 1975 - - #75001001)
Also known as Mayo Foundation House
701 4th St., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ellerbe & Assoc.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Mayo,Dr. William J.
Significant Year:
1917, 1916
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Health Care
More Information:
archives document
Mayowood Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000306)
Also known as Mayowood;Big House
3720 Mayowood Rd. S.W. , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1910
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Museum, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Oronoco School (added 1980 - - #80004536)
Co. Hwy. 18 , Oronoco
Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bascomb,D.J., Andrus,L.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pierce House (added 1980 - - #80002101)
Also known as Maxwell Guest House
426 2nd Ave., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Pill Hill Residential Historic District (added 1990 - - #85003768)
Also known as See Also:Mayo, Dr. William J., House
Roughly bounded by 3rd and 9th Sts. and 7th and 10th Aves. SW , Rochester
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schwartz,Garfield, Crawford,Harold
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Prairie School
Area of Significance:
Social History, 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:
archives document
Pine Hill Residential Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003762)
Roughly Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Aves. SW between Third and Eighth Sts. SW , Rochester
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Owner:
Private
Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge (added 1980 - - #80002102)
Off Co. Hwy. 1 , Stewartville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
More Information:
archives document
Plummer, Henry S., House (added 1975 - - #75001002)
Also known as Plummer Gardens;Quarry Hill
1091 Plummer Lane , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Plummer,Dr. Henry S.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Plummer,Dr. Henry S.
Significant Year:
1924, 1917
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest
More Information:
archives document
Rochester Armory (added 1980 - - #80004268)
Also known as Senior Citizens Center
121 N. Broadway , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Rochester Public Library (added 1980 - - #80004537)
Also known as Mayo Medical School Student Center
226 2nd St., SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bross,Peter P., Crawford,Harold C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
More Information:
archives document
Sears, Richard W., Birthplace (added 1980 - - #80004874)
Also known as James Sears House
305 N. Main St. , Stewartville
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Owner:
Private
St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead (added 1980 - - #80004538)
Also known as Larson's Haven
E of Rochester on Co. Hwy. 104 , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
Stoppel, George, Farmstead (added 1975 - - #75001000)
Also known as George Stoppel/Dodge Farm
Co. Hwys. 25 and 122 , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Toogood Barns (added 1975 - - #75001003)
16th St. SW of U.S. 63 , Rochester
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Toogood,William F.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Toogood,William F.
Significant Year:
1870
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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Viola Cooperative Creamery (added 1999 - - #99001310)
10500 Viola Rd. NE , Viola
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
White, Milo, House (added 1982 - - #82002991)
Also known as Hazelwood;White House
122 Burr Oak St. , Chatfield
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
White,Milo
Significant Year:
1884, 1883
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:
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Whiting, Timothy A., House (added 1980 - - #80004269)
Also known as Whiting House;Heritage House
225 1st Ave., NW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Whiting,Timothy A.
Significant Year:
1971, 1972, 1875
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
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