National Register of Historic Places listings in Chisago County, Minnesota facts for kids

Location of Chisago County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chisago County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.

There are 18 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes three additional sites that were formerly listed on the National Register.

History

Chisago County's National Register properties reflect its role as an early focus of Euro-American settlement in Minnesota and its evolving land use. An intensive logging industry beginning in the 1830s gave way to agriculture, spurred by railroad access and increased European immigration—particularly Swedish immigration—by the 1870s. Several properties reflect the prosperity achieved by several individuals of this period in the county's booming trackside towns. Around the beginning of the 20th century, Chisago County developed a modest resort and tourism industry.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Gustaf Anderson House		July 21, 1980 (#80002000)	13045 Lake Boulevard 45°23′24″N 92°50′33″W / 45.389968°N 92.842621°W / 45.389968; -92.842621 (Gustaf Anderson House)	Lindstrom	1879 brick Italianate house of a notable settler and land speculator. Now a Chisago County Historical Society museum.
2	Angel's Hill Historic District		April 11, 1972 (#72000675)	Roughly bounded by Military Rd. and Mill, Mulberry, and Government Sts. 45°24′01″N 92°39′18″W / 45.400379°N 92.655129°W / 45.400379; -92.655129 (Angel's Hill Historic District)	Taylors Falls	Architecturally cohesive mid-19th-century neighborhood of New England-style Greek Revival buildings, with 28 contributing properties including the 1854 Folsom House.
3	Archeological Site No. 21CH23		January 16, 1989 (#88003129)	Address restricted	Taylors Falls	Shell midden accumulated from 600 to 1499 CE with very few artifacts, indicating a briefly but repeatedly used site for harvesting mussels that could illuminate Woodland period subistence and settlement patterns.
4	J.C. Carlson House		July 21, 1980 (#80002004)	640 Bremer Ave., S. 45°40′59″N 92°57′41″W / 45.682936°N 92.961324°W / 45.682936; -92.961324 (J.C. Carlson House)	Rush City	1899 Queen Anne house designed by Augustus F. Gauger for the leading entrepreneur of Chisago County's leading railroad town.
5	Center City Historic District		July 21, 1980 (#80001996)	Summit Ave. 45°23′39″N 92°49′00″W / 45.394167°N 92.816667°W / 45.394167; -92.816667 (Center City Historic District)	Center City	Chisago County's best-preserved late-19th/early-20th-century residential district, whose 19 houses and one church also reflect the area's Swedish Lutheran heritage.
6	John Daubney House		July 21, 1980 (#80002008)	767 River St. 45°24′35″N 92°39′02″W / 45.409586°N 92.65059°W / 45.409586; -92.65059 (John Daubney House)	Taylors Falls	c. 1870 Italianate house purchased by a prominent early settler for his retirement in 1893.
7	Franconia Historic District		June 17, 1980 (#80000406)	Roughly Cornelian, Summer, and Henry Sts. 45°22′11″N 92°41′36″W / 45.369725°N 92.693346°W / 45.369725; -92.693346 (Franconia Historic District)	Franconia	Community of seven houses built 1850s–1880s embodying pioneer settlement on the St. Croix River.
8	Grant House		July 21, 1980 (#80002005)	4th St. and Bremer 45°41′05″N 92°57′43″W / 45.684599°N 92.961958°W / 45.684599; -92.961958 (Grant House)	Rush City	Longstanding hotel built in 1896 during Rush City's peak as a stop on the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad.
9	Interstate State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Campground		June 11, 1992 (#92000638)	Off U.S. Route 8 45°23′33″N 92°40′08″W / 45.3925°N 92.668889°W / 45.3925; -92.668889 (Interstate State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Campground)	Taylors Falls vicinity	Six park structures built 1938–1941 significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, early state park development, National Park Service rustic design, and landscape architecture.
10	Interstate State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District		June 11, 1992 (#89001664)	Off U.S. Route 8 45°24′00″N 92°39′04″W / 45.400004°N 92.651205°W / 45.400004; -92.651205 (Interstate State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District)	Taylors Falls vicinity	Six park structures built 1920–1939 significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, early state park development, National Park Service rustic design, and landscape architecture.
11	Frank A. Larson House		July 21, 1980 (#80002001)	12625 Newell Ave. 45°23′18″N 92°51′02″W / 45.388274°N 92.850571°W / 45.388274; -92.850571 (Frank A. Larson House)	Lindstrom	c. 1898 summer home noted for its association with the local resort and tourism industry and its especially picturesque design.
12	Moody Barn		July 21, 1980 (#80001998)	County Highway 24 45°18′07″N 92°52′15″W / 45.301826°N 92.870768°W / 45.301826; -92.870768 (Moody Barn)	Chisago Lake Township	1915 round barn, prominent symbol of Chisago County's early-20th-century dairy farming industry. Now a Chisago County Historical Society property.
13	Paul Munch House		May 4, 1976 (#76001050)	Summer St. 45°22′16″N 92°41′39″W / 45.371134°N 92.694047°W / 45.371134; -92.694047 (Paul Munch House)	Franconia	Rare Minnesota example, built c. 1855, of an affluent, late Greek Revival-style house. Also a contributing property to the Franconia Historic District.
14	Munch-Roos House		November 20, 1970 (#70000289)	360 Bench St. [now 190 2nd St.] 45°24′13″N 92°39′08″W / 45.403524°N 92.6521°W / 45.403524; -92.6521 (Munch-Roos House)	Taylors Falls	Rare intact example, built 1853, of the modest Greek Revival houses once common in Minnesota Territory.
15	Point Douglas to Superior Military Road: Deer Creek Section		February 7, 1991 (#90002200)	Off County Highway 16 45°30′22″N 92°43′04″W / 45.505986°N 92.717743°W / 45.505986; -92.717743 (Point Douglas to Superior Military Road: Deer Creek Section)	Amador Township	1853 section of the Point Douglas to Superior Military Road, some of the first transportation infrastructure in Minnesota. Now part of Wild River State Park's trail system.
16	Sayer House		July 21, 1980 (#80002002)	County Highways 9 and 30 45°35′09″N 92°58′27″W / 45.585833°N 92.974167°W / 45.585833; -92.974167 (Sayer House)	Harris	Large Italianate house/inn built c. 1875, dating to a period of land speculation as Chisago County was settled. Also known as the George Flanders House.
17	Taylors Falls Public Library		October 15, 1970 (#70000290)	473 Bench St. 45°24′14″N 92°39′10″W / 45.40397°N 92.652815°W / 45.40397; -92.652815 (Taylors Falls Public Library)	Taylors Falls	Example of an early small-town library as well as Carpenter Gothic and Stick style architecture, stemming from an 1887 conversion of an 1854 building.
18	Charles A. Victor House		July 21, 1980 (#80002003)	30495 Park St. 45°23′21″N 92°50′53″W / 45.38929°N 92.848004°W / 45.38929; -92.848004 (Charles A. Victor House)	Lindstrom	c. 1905 house of one of the entrepreneurs who helped develop their respective Chisago County towns.

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Aaron Diffenbacher Farmhouse		July 21, 1980 (#80002007)	June 22, 1998	County Highway 5	Rushseba Township	Greek Revival farmhouse built c. 1868. Burned down by an accidental fire on April 3, 1985.
2	Chisago County Courthouse		July 21, 1980 (#80001997)	September 17, 1990	Main St. (original address) Current coordinates are 45°27′50″N 92°44′33″W / 45.463936°N 92.742502°W / 45.463936; -92.742502 (Chisago County Courthouse)	Center City	1876 courthouse. Moved in 1990 for a new government center; now located on the Almelund Threshing Show Grounds with other preserved buildings.
3	Johnson Block		July 31, 1980 (#80002006)	May 15, 1987	4th St. and Ave. D	Rush City	Prominent 1897 Romanesque Revival commercial building. Destroyed by a fire in 1981.