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

Location of Stearns County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Stearns 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, including one National Historic Landmark. A supplementary list includes three additional sites that were formerly on the National Register.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Francis Arnold House		December 1, 1994 (#94001409)	32268 County Road 1 45°35′25″N 94°10′35″W / 45.590261°N 94.176262°W / 45.590261; -94.176262 (Francis Arnold House)	St. Cloud vicinity	1884 owner/operator's house of the gristmill opposite, representative of the rural water-powered flour milling industry.
2	John N. Bensen House		February 11, 1982 (#82003050)	402 6th Ave., S. 45°33′21″N 94°09′21″W / 45.55575°N 94.155722°W / 45.55575; -94.155722 (John N. Bensen House)	St. Cloud	1904 house and carriage house significant for their Queen Anne architecture and association with a prosperous German-born businessman. Now a bed and breakfast.
3	Bishop's House/Chancery Office		April 15, 1982 (#82003051)	214 3rd Ave., S. 45°33′36″N 94°09′12″W / 45.559946°N 94.153292°W / 45.559946; -94.153292 (Bishop's House/Chancery Office)	St. Cloud	Exemplary work of leading local architect Louis Pinault, built 1916 with French-influenced Second Renaissance Revival architecture.
4	Christopher Borgerding House		April 15, 1982 (#82003039)	Washburn Ave. 45°27′06″N 95°00′14″W / 45.451723°N 95.003767°W / 45.451723; -95.003767 (Christopher Borgerding House)	Belgrade	Unusual 1904 Colonial Revival house of one of Belgrade's developers.
5	Carter Block		June 13, 1986 (#86001297)	501–511 1st St., N. 45°33′44″N 94°09′34″W / 45.562222°N 94.159444°W / 45.562222; -94.159444 (Carter Block)	St. Cloud	1902 mixed-use commercial building that provided key retail, warehousing, and meeting space in developing St. Cloud.
6	Church of St. Boniface		November 12, 1993 (#93001234)	203 S. 5th Ave. East 45°40′21″N 94°48′28″W / 45.672484°N 94.807838°W / 45.672484; -94.807838 (Church of St. Boniface)	Melrose	1899 church and 1907 rectory embodying the importance of ethnic parishes in the cultural and religious life of Minnesota's rural German American populace. Now the Church of St. Mary.
7	Church of St. Joseph-Catholic		April 15, 1982 (#82003057)	Minnesota St. and College Ave. 45°33′50″N 94°19′06″W / 45.563974°N 94.318391°W / 45.563974; -94.318391 (Church of St. Joseph-Catholic)	St. Joseph	One of five rural Catholic churches built in Stearns County to anchor a German, Polish, or Slovene immigrant settlement.
8	Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic		April 15, 1982 (#82003049)	County Highway 7 45°28′47″N 94°09′08″W / 45.479655°N 94.152102°W / 45.479655; -94.152102 (Church of St. Mary Help of Christians-Catholic)	St. Augusta	One of five rural Catholic churches built in Stearns County to anchor a German, Polish, or Slovene immigrant settlement.
9	Church of St. Stephen-Catholic		April 15, 1982 (#82003059)	County Highway 7 45°42′06″N 94°16′30″W / 45.701536°N 94.27487°W / 45.701536; -94.27487 (Church of St. Stephen-Catholic)	St. Stephen	One of five rural Catholic churches built in Stearns County to anchor a German, Polish, or Slovene immigrant settlement.
10	Church of the Immaculate Conception-Catholic		April 15, 1982 (#82003038)	County Highway 9 45°39′42″N 94°28′29″W / 45.661739°N 94.474807°W / 45.661739; -94.474807 (Church of the Immaculate Conception-Catholic)	Avon	One of five rural Catholic churches built in Stearns County to anchor a German, Polish, or Slovene immigrant settlement.
11	Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic)		July 12, 1991 (#91000906)	110 3rd Ave., NE. 45°39′46″N 94°41′10″W / 45.662725°N 94.686248°W / 45.662725; -94.686248 (Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic))	Freeport	1905 church that anchored a Catholic German American community settled in 1876.
12	Clark and McCormack Quarry and House		April 15, 1982 (#82003046)	Minnesota Highway 23 at Pine St. 45°28′24″N 94°20′05″W / 45.473462°N 94.334847°W / 45.473462; -94.334847 (Clark and McCormack Quarry and House)	Rockville	Leading granite quarry established in 1907—source of "Rockville Pink" structural stone—and owner's 1924 house, representatives of a major regional industry.
13	Nehemiah P. Clarke House		April 15, 1982 (#82003052)	356 3rd Ave., S. 45°33′30″N 94°09′07″W / 45.55835°N 94.151833°W / 45.55835; -94.151833 (Nehemiah P. Clarke House)	St. Cloud	1893 Queen Anne house of a pioneer merchant and lumberman.
14	Fair Haven Flour Mill		April 14, 1978 (#78001574)	Off County Highway 7 45°19′01″N 94°12′53″W / 45.31697°N 94.214699°W / 45.31697; -94.214699 (Fair Haven Flour Mill)	Fair Haven Township	1867 water-powered gristmill, Minnesota's third-oldest surviving mill. Now preserved in a county park.
15	Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildings		April 15, 1982 (#82003053)	14–30 5th Ave., S. 45°33′38″N 94°09′26″W / 45.560616°N 94.157317°W / 45.560616; -94.157317 (Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildings)	St. Cloud	Block of six commercial buildings built 1883–1914, representing the history and architecture of St. Cloud's central business district.
16	First National Bank		April 15, 1982 (#82003054)	501 St. Germain St. 45°33′41″N 94°09′31″W / 45.561279°N 94.158553°W / 45.561279; -94.158553 (First National Bank)	St. Cloud	1889 home of an influential bank, called St. Cloud's "finest designed and best preserved commercial building."
17	First State Bank		April 15, 1982 (#82003058)	23 Minnesota St., W. 45°33′53″N 94°19′08″W / 45.564719°N 94.318818°W / 45.564719; -94.318818 (First State Bank)	St. Joseph	1918 bank building noted for its sophisticated terracotta façade; a rare Minnesota example of Egyptian Revival architecture.
18	Foley-Brower-Bohmer House		May 5, 1978 (#78001563)	385 3rd Ave., S. 45°33′24″N 94°09′08″W / 45.556725°N 94.152345°W / 45.556725; -94.152345 (Foley-Brower-Bohmer House)	St. Cloud	Exemplary 1889 Richardsonian Romanesque house successively owned by industrialist brothers Timothy and Thomas Foley and politician Ripley B. Brower.
19	Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House		April 15, 1982 (#82003043)	Mary St. 45°39′43″N 94°41′18″W / 45.661863°N 94.688378°W / 45.661863; -94.688378 (Freeport Roller Mill and Miller's House)	Freeport	Steam-powered milling complex dating back to 1898. The mill burned down in December 2011.
20	Anton Gogala Farmstead		April 15, 1982 (#82003048)	Minnesota Highway 238 and County Highway 39 45°40′25″N 94°36′20″W / 45.673556°N 94.60546°W / 45.673556; -94.60546 (Anton Gogala Farmstead)	St. Anthony vicinity	Well-preserved example of a traditional small-scale farmstead, with several log buildings dating as far back as 1875. Also associated with an immigrant family that helped found the Slovene American community of St. Anthony.
21	Eugene Hermanutz House		April 15, 1982 (#82003040)	302 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′34″N 94°25′43″W / 45.459376°N 94.42866°W / 45.459376; -94.42866 (Eugene Hermanutz House)	Cold Spring	One of three adjacent houses built 1907–12 by the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, significant for their architecture and association with the area's leading industry.
22	Kimball Prairie Village Hall		April 15, 1982 (#82003045)	Main St. and Hazel 45°18′45″N 94°18′03″W / 45.31259°N 94.300748°W / 45.31259; -94.300748 (Kimball Prairie Village Hall)	Kimball	1908 municipal hall built to co-house several government and public services.
23	Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home		May 23, 1968 (#68000027)	812 Sinclair Lewis Ave. 45°44′14″N 94°57′27″W / 45.737294°N 94.957382°W / 45.737294; -94.957382 (Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home)	Sauk Centre	Childhood home from 1885 to 1902 of Sinclair Lewis, who would become the most famous American novelist of the 1920s. Now a house museum.
24	Michael Majerus House		May 5, 1978 (#78001564)	404 9th Ave., S. 45°33′20″N 94°09′36″W / 45.555661°N 94.159896°W / 45.555661; -94.159896 (Michael Majerus House)	St. Cloud	1891 house significant as St. Cloud's finest example of Second Empire architecture. Now a bed & breakfast.
25	Minnesota Home School for Girls Historic District		January 19, 1989 (#88003090)	Off Minnesota Highway 302 45°45′06″N 94°56′49″W / 45.751651°N 94.947013°W / 45.751651; -94.947013 (Minnesota Home School for Girls Historic District)	Sauk Centre	Minnesota's first all-female youth detention center, established in 1911 on a Cottage Plan design by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. Now Eagle's Healing Nest veteran care center.
26	Model School		December 29, 1988 (#88003072)	826 1st Ave., S. 45°33′05″N 94°08′54″W / 45.55133°N 94.148313°W / 45.55133; -94.148313 (Model School)	St. Cloud	Minnesota's oldest surviving laboratory school building, constructed in 1913 for a normal school established in 1869. Now St. Cloud State University's Riverview Hall.
27	Original Main Street Historic District		August 5, 1994 (#94000758)	Main St. between S. 8th and N. 3rd Sts. 45°44′14″N 94°57′07″W / 45.73714°N 94.951975°W / 45.73714; -94.951975 (Original Main Street Historic District)	Sauk Centre	10-block district considered the inspiration for Sinclair Lewis's 1920 novel Main Street and the concept of "Main Street" as a symbol of American small towns. Comprises 74 contributing properties.
28	John Oster House		April 15, 1982 (#82003041)	201 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′29″N 94°25′46″W / 45.458151°N 94.429341°W / 45.458151; -94.429341 (John Oster House)	Cold Spring	One of three adjacent houses built 1907–12 by the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, significant for their architecture and association with the area's leading industry.
29	Palmer House Hotel		February 11, 1982 (#82003047)	500 Sinclair Lewis Ave. 45°44′15″N 94°57′08″W / 45.737399°N 94.952302°W / 45.737399; -94.952302 (Palmer House Hotel)	Sauk Centre	Example of a once-common hotel type catering specifically to traveling salesmen, built 1901 and expanded 1916. Also a contributing property to the Original Main Street Historic District.
30	Pan Motor Company Office and Sheet Metal Works		January 31, 1984 (#84001694)	435-437 33rd Ave., N. 45°33′43″N 94°11′55″W / 45.561867°N 94.198687°W / 45.561867; -94.198687 (Pan Motor Company Office and Sheet Metal Works)	St. Cloud	1919 remnants of St. Cloud's first large industrial complex and Minnesota's leading, if short-lived, auto manufacturer (in operation 1917–1922).
31	Ferdinand Peters House		April 15, 1982 (#82003042)	214 N. Red River Ave. 45°27′32″N 94°25′43″W / 45.458919°N 94.428601°W / 45.458919; -94.428601 (Ferdinand Peters House)	Cold Spring	One of three adjacent houses built 1907–12 by the co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company, significant for their architecture and association with the area's leading industry.
32	St. Benedict's Convent and College Historic District		March 20, 1989 (#89000160)	College Ave. and Minnesota St. 45°33′47″N 94°19′07″W / 45.563163°N 94.318684°W / 45.563163; -94.318684 (St. Benedict's Convent and College Historic District)	St. Joseph	Convent and girls' boarding school campus representing the impact and growth of the world's largest Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict community.
33	St. Cloud Commercial Historic District		February 26, 1998 (#98000153)	Roughly along W. St. Germain St., between 5th and 10th Aves. 45°33′36″N 94°09′40″W / 45.559919°N 94.161023°W / 45.559919; -94.161023 (St. Cloud Commercial Historic District)	St. Cloud	Central business district with 41 contributing properties built primarily 1870–1947.
34	St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District		August 21, 2012 (#12000524)	4801 Veterans Dr. 45°34′28″N 94°12′49″W / 45.574327°N 94.213654°W / 45.574327; -94.213654 (St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District)	St. Cloud	Veterans Administration Hospital significant for the local political efforts towards its establishment, its impact on health care for Minnesota veterans, and its Colonial and Classical Revival architecture. Contains 34 contributing properties built 1923–1950.
35	St. John's Abbey and University Historic District		March 23, 1979 (#79001256)	County Highway 159 45°34′47″N 94°23′37″W / 45.579813°N 94.393544°W / 45.579813; -94.393544 (St. John's Abbey and University Historic District)	Collegeville	Historically and architecturally significant campus of a leading religious and educational institution of the Order of Saint Benedict, with 17 contributing properties built 1868–1959.
36	Stearns County Courthouse and Jail		April 15, 1982 (#82003056)	705 Courthouse Sq. 45°33′38″N 94°09′45″W / 45.560661°N 94.162432°W / 45.560661; -94.162432 (Stearns County Courthouse and Jail)	St. Cloud	1921 Beaux-Arts courthouse and 1922 Prairie School jail, prominent symbols of Stearns County government.

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