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

Location of Fillmore County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore 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 36 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

History

Fillmore County's National Register properties reflect its development as an agricultural region typical of Southeast Minnesota. Euro-American settlement began in the 1850s and initially relied on rivers and stagecoach roads for transportation. The Forestville Townsite, now a living history museum, preserves a portion of one of these early communities. Several towns vied for county seat status; the William Strong House in Carimona and the Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House in Preston were nominated as the best surviving structures representing this period.

Fillmore County's many rivers and streams powered a milling region of statewide importance before Minneapolis achieved primacy. Additionally, properties like the Quickstad Farm Implement Company and Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company represent the agricultural focus of manufacturing in the county. The Gilded Age prosperity of population centers like Spring Valley and Chatfield is reflected by other listings, several of which are noted for their architecture.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Allis Barn		April 27, 1982 (#82005038)	County Highway 17 43°42′40″N 92°01′58″W	Preston vicinity	Landmark three-story barn built c. 1899, associated with 19th-century stock farming and Milwaukee's Allis-Chalmers company, a key Midwestern manufacturer of milling equipment. Now the centerpiece of a resort.
2	Francis H. Bartlett House		May 24, 1984 (#84001410)	Gold and Pearl Streets 43°42′21″N 92°16′07″W	Wykoff	1876 Second Empire house of Wykoff's co-founder, built the same year the town was incorporated.
3	Bridge No. 5722		July 20, 2011 (#11000467)	N. Section St. (U.S. Route 63) over Spring Valley Creek 43°41′17″N 92°23′21″W	Spring Valley	1936 bridge on a concrete box culvert, an unusual basis for a bridge on a U.S. highway.
4	Bridge No. L4770		November 6, 1989 (#89001827)	Township Road 213 over Mahoney Creek 43°44′23″N 92°05′39″W	Fountain vicinity	Short, semicircular stone arch bridge built c. 1915, of a distinctive type developed by the State Highway Commission in the 1910s for use in rural southeast Minnesota. Likely demolished (see talk page). Photo is of the site only.
5	Chatfield Public Library		April 27, 1982 (#82005033)	Main Street 43°50′41″N 92°11′14″W	Chatfield	1915 Prairie School Carnegie library designed by Claude and Starck.
6	Commercial House Hotel		July 19, 2001 (#01000747)	146 South Broadway 43°41′13″N 92°23′29″W	Spring Valley	Hotel built in 1874 and twice expanded, a key amenity in the commercial development of Spring Valley from the railroad into the automobile era.
7	Daniel Dayton House		December 6, 1977 (#77000732)	Off County Highway 17 43°34′46″N 92°04′13″W	Harmony vicinity	One of Minnesota's few surviving stagecoach inns, built in 1857 on the Dubuque–St. Paul Stage Road. Also noted for its stone architecture and association with Harmony Township's pioneer era.
8	Samuel Thompson Dickson House		August 15, 1985 (#85001755)	225 3rd Street SW 43°50′35″N 92°11′28″W	Chatfield	1863 house of a prosperous mill owner, best surviving symbol of Chatfield's once-robust flour milling industry.
9	Fillmore County Jail and Carriage House		March 5, 1982 (#82002947)	Houston and Preston Streets 43°40′15″N 92°05′07″W	Preston	Fillmore County's long-serving law complex, with an Italianate jail/office/residence built 1869–70 and adjacent carriage house built c. 1900. Now a bed and breakfast.
10	Forestville Townsite (Meighan Store)		April 13, 1973 (#73000976)	County Highway 12 in Forestville Mystery Cave State Park 43°38′34″N 92°12′54″W	Forestville Township	1853 townsite representative of the rapid frontier settlement following the treaties of 1851. Also associated with populist political figures William and Thomas Meighan. Now a Minnesota Historical Society living history museum.
11	George H. Haven House		November 19, 1982 (#82000559)	132 Winona Street 43°50′50″N 92°11′11″W	Chatfield	1874 Italianate house with an 1892 Greek Revival annex.
12	Inspiration Point Wayside Rest		November 16, 2015 (#15000790)	MN 16, 2 mi. SW. of Cty. Rd. 21 43°41′39″N 91°59′48″W	Lanesboro vicinity	One of Minnesota's early NPS rustic style roadside parks established by the state highway department with New Deal assistance, constructed 1934–37, and its only surviving example built by a Civilian Conservation Corps erosion control camp.
13	Lanesboro Historic District		September 9, 1982 (#82002946)	Roughly Kirkwood, Coffee, and Parkway Streets 43°43′15″N 91°58′37″W	Lanesboro	Well-preserved commercial and industrial districts of a 19th-century milling and railroad town, with 36 contributing properties.
14	Lenora Methodist Episcopal Church		November 19, 1982 (#82001892)	County Highways 23 and 24 43°34′26″N 91°52′48″W	Canton vicinity	Church built 1856–1865, anchor of one of Fillmore County's few settlements established before railroad access.
15	Ellen M. Lovell House		November 19, 1982 (#82001893)	218 Winona Street 43°50′48″N 92°11′10″W	Chatfield	1896 house also known as Oakwenwald Terrace, nominated as one of Minnesota's leading examples of Shingle style architecture. Now a bed and breakfast.
16	Milwaukee Elevator		May 31, 2006 (#06000454)	Fillmore Street and Root River State Trail 43°40′14″N 92°04′46″W	Preston	1902 grain elevator typifying the engineering and construction of such structures in rural Minnesota.
17	Norway Township Stone House		April 27, 1982 (#82005034)	County Highway 10 43°43′49″N 91°46′58″W	Rushford vicinity	c. 1870s house significant for its locally unique masonry construction and its association with Fillmore County's Norwegian immigrant settlement, particularly Norway Township—one of southeast Minnesota's earliest and largest such communities.
18	Parsons Block and Hall		November 19, 1982 (#82000560)	112 South Broadway 43°41′15″N 92°23′28″W	Spring Valley	Elaborate 1871 Italianate building with a second-floor meeting hall, which provided essential commercial and social space in burgeoning Spring Valley.
19	Pietenpol Workshop and Garage		April 27, 1982 (#82002949)	County Highway 5 43°35′17″N 92°17′19″W	Cherry Grove	1921 workshop of Bernard Pietenpol (1901–1984), pioneering designer of homemade aircraft.
20	Preston Brewery		April 27, 1982 (#82005035)	Bluff Street 43°40′24″N 92°04′38″W	Preston	1859 brewery, Fillmore County's oldest surviving industrial building and a symbol of Preston's early settlement.
21	Preston Overlook		August 4, 2003 (#03000732)	On U.S. Route 52 43°40′25″N 92°04′25″W	Preston	Exemplary early Minnesota highway wayside, built 1937–38. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design by landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols.
22	Quickstad Farm Implement Company		April 27, 1982 (#82005036)	Mill Street 43°47′11″N 91°50′03″W	Peterson	1875 and 1901 buildings representative of the area's agricultural manufacturing economy. The latter building also exemplifies Fillmore County's stone industrial facilities.
23	Rushford City Mill		April 27, 1982 (#82002806)	301 Winona Street 43°48′52″N 91°45′20″W	Rushford	1875 mill representing Rushford's industrial development and Fillmore County's importance as Minnesota's first wheat and flour producing region.
24	Rushford Wagon and Carriage Company		April 27, 1982 (#82002948)	Elm Street 43°48′33″N 91°45′18″W	Rushford	Sole remaining building of a factory complex established in 1872, source of the widely used Rushford Wagon and a symbol of Rushford's agricultural manufacturing industry.
25	Michael Scanlan House		April 27, 1982 (#82005037)	708 Parkway South 43°42′46″N 91°58′35″W	Lanesboro	c. 1892 Queen Anne house of a prominent Lanesboro resident active in commerce and politics. Now a bed and breakfast.
26	Southern Minnesota Depot		June 20, 1986 (#86001363)	Elm Street and Pickle Alley 43°48′25″N 91°45′19″W	Rushford	1867 railway station symbolizing the impact of the Southern Minnesota Railroad on Rushford, whose development exploded upon becoming the line's western terminus. Now a museum and visitor center.
27	Spring Valley Carnegie Library		April 27, 1982 (#82002951)	201 South Broadway 43°41′12″N 92°23′26″W	Spring Valley	1904 Carnegie library noted as an intact small-town example of Beaux-Arts architecture and as a symbol of Spring Valley's early-20th-century progressivism.
28	Spring Valley Mausoleum		April 27, 1982 (#82004911)	Spring Valley Cemetery 43°40′57″N 92°22′49″W	Spring Valley	Mausoleum built 1913–14 as a symbol of Spring Valley's rising affluence and modernity during the Progressive Era.
29	Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church		May 12, 1975 (#75000979)	221 West Courtland Street 43°41′17″N 92°23′35″W	Spring Valley	Victorian Gothic church built 1876–78, noted for its polychrome façade and numerous stained glass windows. Now the Spring Valley Methodist Church Museum.
30	Ephraim Steffens House		April 27, 1982 (#82002952)	404 North Broadway 43°41′29″N 92°23′33″W	Spring Valley	1877 Victorian Gothic house of a prosperous local entrepreneur and politician.
31	William Strong House		April 27, 1982 (#82002953)	508 North Huron Avenue 43°41′35″N 92°23′44″W	Spring Valley	1879 Second Empire house of wealthy local banker William H. Strong (d. 1909).
32	William Strong House		April 27, 1982 (#82005040)	County Highway 12 43°39′37″N 92°09′32″W	Carimona Township	William Strong's earlier house, dating to the late 1850s; the only surviving structure of an 1853 village significant to Fillmore County's early settlement and government.
33	Tunnel Mill		May 12, 1975 (#75000978)	Off County Highway 1 43°45′43″N 92°22′48″W	Spring Valley vicinity	1871 gristmill uniquely powered by a tunnel shortcutting a horseshoe bend in a creek; the last surviving representative of one of Minnesota's key milling regions in northwestern Fillmore County. Now a craft smithing center.
34	Walker and Valentine House		April 27, 1982 (#82005039)	504 High Street 43°48′55″N 91°45′18″W	Rushford	Semi-detached house built 1859–61 for two of Rushford's founders and early industrial entrepreneurs. Also noted for its local stone construction.
35	Wykoff Commercial Historic District		August 5, 1994 (#94000831)	100 South Gold–123 North Gold Street 43°42′26″N 92°16′06″W	Wykoff	Well preserved and architecturally cohesive commercial district of a railway-based agricultural center, with 17 contributing properties mostly dating to the 1890s.