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List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota is located in Minnesota
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Rabideau CCC Camp
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Kelley Homestead
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Volstead House
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Hull-Rust-Mahoning Iron Mine
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St. Croix Recreational Area
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Lindbergh House
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Christ Church
Washburn "A" Mill
Pillsbury "A" Mill
Fort Snelling
Grain Elevator
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Mountain Iron Mine
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Veblen Farmstead
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Rolvaag House
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National Farmer's Bank
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Plummer Building
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Kellogg House
Fitzgerald House
Hill House
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Lewis Home
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St. Croix Boom Site
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Soudan Iron Mine
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Kathio Historic District
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Split Rock Light Station
Minnesota National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] The state of Minnesota is home to 25 of these landmarks, illustrating the state's Native American, industrial, logging, mining, military, and political heritage, as well as its contributions to the broader themes of developing the frontier for the European pioneers.

The article also lists other historical landmarks of national importance that are administered by the National Park Service.

Current NHLs[]

The table below lists all 25 of these sites, along with added detail and description.

Landmark name[2] Image Date listed[2] Locality[2][3] County[2] Description[4]
1 Christ Church Lutheran Christ Church Lutheran 1 02009-01-16January 16, 2009 Minneapolis
44°56′37.54″N 93°13′23.55″W / 44.9437611, -93.2232083 (Christ Church Lutheran)
Hennepin modern-style church designed by father and son architects Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen
2 F. Scott Fitzgerald House F 01971-11-11November 11, 1971 Saint Paul
44°56′28.97″N 93°7′29.03″W / 44.9413806, -93.1247306 (F. Scott Fitzgerald house)
Ramsey The F. Scott Fitzgerald House was the home of Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940); as spokesman for the Jazz Age, he wrote several stories and his first published novel, This Side of Paradise in this Victorian rowhouse on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul. The novels The Beautiful and Damned and The Great Gatsby quickly followed.[5]
3 Grand Mound 02011-06-23June 23, 2011 International Falls Koochiching
4 Fort Snelling A view of the grounds of Fort Snelling taken from the round tower 01960-02-19February 19, 1960 Minneapolis
44°53′34″N 93°10′50″W / 44.892778, -93.180556 (Fort Snelling)
Hennepin Fort Snelling, originally known as Fort St. Anthony, is a former military fortification located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
5 James J. Hill House James J 01961-11-05November 5, 1961 Saint Paul
44°56′42″N 93°06′32″W / 44.945111, -93.108806 (James J. Hill House)
Ramsey The James J. Hill House, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, completed in 1891, is near the eastern end of Summit Avenue near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. With 36,000 square feet (3,344 square meters) of living area, the house is the largest residence in Minnesota.
6 Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine A miner poses near the edge of the pit. The pit is more than three miles long, two miles wide and 535 feet deep. 01966-11-13November 13, 1966 Hibbing
47°27′N 92°57′W / 47.45, -92.95 (Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine)
St. Louis The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. The mine, located in the Mesabi Range, supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak production years of World War I and World War II. This area of the Mesabi Range was explored in 1893–1894, shortly after the Mountain Iron mine was established in 1892. The early development was as an underground mine, but open cast mining soon proved to be a better choice because of the soft, shallow ore deposits. Many open pits in the area soon merged into one large mine, and the consolidation of mines led to the formation of U.S. Steel in 1901. The growth of the mine even resulted in the town of Hibbing being relocated to accommodate expansion.
7 Kathio Historic District Burial mounds 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Vineland
46°09′49″N 93°45′27″W / 46.163611, -93.7575 (Kathio Historic District)
Mille Lacs The Kathio Historic District preserves habitation sites and mound groups, believed to date between 3000 BC and 1750 AD, that document Sioux Indian culture and Ojibwe-Sioux relationships. The park contains 19 identified archaeological sites, making it one of the most significant archaeological collections in Minnesota. The earliest site dates to the Archaic period and shows evidence of copper tool manufacture.
8 Oliver H. Kelley Homestead Kelley Farm 01964-07-19July 19, 1964 Elk River
45°18′49″N 93°34′53″W / 45.313601, -93.5814 (Oliver H. Kelley Homestead)
Sherburne The Oliver H. Kelley Homestead is an historic farmstead once owned by Oliver Hudson Kelley, one of the founders of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Oliver Kelley moved to Minnesota in 1849, the year that Minnesota Territory was formed. Although he knew little about farming, he taught himself using agricultural journals and correspondence with other "scientific-oriented" farmers. He became an expert on farming in Minnesota, and he learned how adverse events such as bad weather, debt, insect pests, and crop failures could devastate a farmer's fortunes.[6]
9 Frank B. Kellogg House Frank B 01976-12-08December 8, 1976 Saint Paul
44°56′14.09″N 93°7′35.8″W / 44.9372472, -93.126611 (Frank B. Kellogg House)
Ramsey From 1889 until his death, this was the permanent residence of Frank B. Kellogg (1856–1937), lawyer, U.S. Senator, and diplomat. As Secretary of State (1925–29), he negotiated the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize, and shifted foreign policy away from interventionism.[7]
10 Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home Sinclairlewis 01968-05-23May 23, 1968 Sauk Centre
45°44′14″N 94°57′25″W / 45.737128, -94.956976 (Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home)
Stearns From 1885 to 1902, this was the home of Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature (1930). His novel Main Street (1920) was partly based on his impressions of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.[8]
11 Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park Charles A 01976-12-08December 8, 1976 Little Falls
45°57′27″N 94°23′23″W / 45.957439, -94.389789 (Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park)
Morrison The Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park was once the farm of Congressman Charles August Lindbergh and his son Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Their restored 1906 house and two other farm buildings are within the park boundaries. Three buildings and three structures built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s were named to the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings include a picnic shelter and a water tower, built in the Rustic Style from local stone and logs, and have remained relatively unchanged since construction.
12 Mayo Clinic Building (Plummer Building) Plummer Building 01969-08-11August 11, 1969 Rochester
44°01′18″N 92°27′56″W / 44.021667, -92.465556 (Plummer Building)
Olmsted The Plummer Building is an architecturally significant part of the Mayo Clinic. It was originally called the 1929 building, but was renamed the Plummer Building after its chief architect and Mayo Clinic co-founder, Henry Stanley Plummer. It was the tallest building in Rochester, Minnesota from its construction in 1929 until 2001 when the nearby Gonda Building was completed.
13 Mountain Iron Mine Mountain Iron Mine 01968-11-24November 24, 1968 Mountain Iron
47°32′N 92°37′W / 47.54, -92.62 (Mountain Iron Mine)
St. Louis Discovered in 1890, the Mountain Iron Mine's first shipment of iron ore occurred in 1892. The mine's production led to the realization that the Mesabi Range possessed the world's largest deposits of iron ore, making Minnesota the nation's premier supplier of the resource.[9]
14 National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna 01976-01-07January 7, 1976 Owatonna
44°05′06″N 93°13′33″W / 44.0851, -93.22575 (National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna)
Steele The National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota is a bank building designed by Louis Sullivan with decorative elements by George Elmslie. It was built in 1908, and was the first of Sullivan's "jewel boxes". The building is clad in red brick with green terra cotta bands, and features two large arches. Internal elements include a stained glass window designed by Louis J. Millet, a mural by Oskar Gross, and a cast iron electrolier by William Winslow.
15 Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator The Peavey-Haglin elevator, built in 1899-1900, still stands today. The sign painted on it advertises Nordic Ware, the current owner of the structure. 01981-12-02December 2, 1981 St. Louis Park
44°56′33″N 93°20′43″W / 44.9425, -93.345278 (Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator)
Hennepin The Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, built in 1899-1900, was the first circular concrete grain elevator in the United States, and possibly in the world. It is notable for proving the viability of concrete in grain elevator construction. Previous grain elevators, being built of wood, were expensive to build and vulnerable to fire. It was located along the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway.
16 Pillsbury "A" Mill The Pillsbury "A" Mill in 2006 01966-11-13November 13, 1966 Minneapolis
44°59′02″N 93°15′10″W / 44.983939, -93.252664 (Pillsbury "A" Mill)
Hennepin The Pillsbury "A" Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held the title of largest flour mill in the world for 40 years.[10] Completed in 1881, it was owned by Pillsbury and operated two of the most powerful direct-drive waterwheels ever built, each generating 1,200 horsepower (895 kW). The mill still stands today on the east side of the Mississippi River, but ceased operation in 2003.
17 Rabideau CCC Camp Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Picnic Shelter 02006-02-17February 17, 2006 Chippewa National Forest
47°38′24″N 94°32′55″W / 47.639986, -94.548622 (Rabideau CCC Camp)
Beltrami The Rabideau CCC Camp was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. The camp was established in 1935 as a project of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. The camp, one of 2650 nationwide, was home to about 300 men aged 17–21. Like most CCC camps, the Rabideau camp was established to provide work to those unemployed as a result of the Great Depression. Enrollees at the camp came mostly from Northern Minnesota and worked on projects within the Chippewa National Forest, such as building roads and other facilities, surveying, wildlife protection, and other forestry activities.[11]
18 O. E. Rolvaag House Rolvaag Home 01969-08-04August 4, 1969 Northfield
44°27′47.54″N 93°10′19.99″W / 44.4632056, -93.1722194 (O. E. Rolvaag House)
Rice From 1912 until his death, this was the residence of Ole Edvart Rølvaag (1876–1931), Norwegian immigrant and the first American novelist to give a true accounting of the psychological cost of pioneering on the farmer's frontier. His famous trilogy—Giants in the Earth (1927), Peder Victorious (1928), and Their Father's God (1931)—stands in our literature as the most mature and penetrating assessment of the adjustments immigrant pioneers had to make in order to find peace and prosperity in middle America.[12]
19 St. Croix Boom Site A stairway leading down the bluffs to the site on the St 01966-11-13November 13, 1966 Stillwater
45°04′41″N 92°47′53″W / 45.078, -92.798 (St. Croix Boom Site)
Washington The St. Croix Boom Site is located on the St. Croix River upstream of Stillwater, Minnesota. The site was founded by Stillwater lumber barons, including Isaac Staples, in 1856 after the demise of the original St. Croix Boom Company, which had operated a boom further upstream near Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Staples and others purchased the Boom Company and moved the site downstream.
20 St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area St 01997-09-25September 25, 1997 Hinckley
46°00′41″N 92°56′40″W / 46.011389, -92.944444 (St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area)
Pine The land in the St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area was used for logging between the mid-19th century and about 1915. After the logging era was over, farmers were attracted to the newly cleared land, but the soil was poor and not productive enough to make a living. In 1934, 18,000 acres (73 km²) of farmland was purchased, and the following year, the St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area was started. Under the direction of the National Park Service, the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps built group camps, roads, and campgrounds.
21 Soudan Iron Mine The Headframe for shaft #8, still in active use today 01966-11-13November 13, 1966 Tower
47°51′29″N 92°17′59″W / 47.857908, -92.299611 (Soudan Iron Mine)
St. Louis The Soudan Underground Mine is known as Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory. In the late 19th century, prospectors searching for gold in northern Minnesota discovered extremely rich veins of hematite at this site, often containing more than 65% iron. An open pit mine began operation in 1882, and moved to underground mining by 1900 for reasons of safety. From 1901 until the end of active mining in 1962, the Soudan Mine was owned by the United States Steel Corporation's Oliver Iron Mining division. By 1912 the mine was at a depth of 1,250 feet (381 m). When it closed, level 27 was being developed at 2,341 feet (713.5 m) below the surface. US Steel then donated the Soudan Mine to the State of Minnesota to use for educational purposes.
22 Split Rock Light Station SplitRockLighthouse AerialView 02011-06-23June 23, 2011 Beaver Bay
47°12′0″N 91°22′1″W / 47.2, -91.36694 (Split Rock Light Station)
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23 Thorstein Veblen Farmstead Veblen Home 01981-12-02December 2, 1981 Nerstrand
44°21′N 93°03′W / 44.35, -93.05 (Thorstein Veblen Farmstead)
Rice The Thorstein Veblen Farmstead consists of the home and farm buildings where Thorstein B. Veblen (1857–1929) grew up. As an economist, social scientist, and critic of American culture, he was the product of an austere agrarian upbringing; Veblen has often been called one of America's most creative and original thinkers.[13]
24 Andrew John Volstead House Andrew John Volstead House 01976-12-08December 8, 1976 Granite Falls
44°48′34″N 95°32′24″W / 44.809415, -95.540020 (Andrew John Volstead, House)
Yellow Medicine From 1894 to 1930, this was the home of Andrew J. Volstead (1860–1947), the man who "personified prohibition." Volstead served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–23), where he drafted the National Prohibition Enforcement Act (1919), which became known as the Volstead Act.[14]
25 Washburn "A" Mill The Washburn "A" Mill in 2006, now the Mill City Museum 01983-05-04May 4, 1983 Minneapolis
44°58′44″N 93°15′25″W / 44.978889, -93.256944 (Washburn "A" Mill)
Hennepin The Washburn "A" Mill complex was the second-largest flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The original mill was built in 1874 by Cadwallader C. Washburn, but destroyed in an explosion in 1878, killing 18. The mill was later rebuilt, and for nearly 50 years, the Washburn "A" Mill was the most technologically advanced and the largest mill in the world. It was later shut down but now operates as a historical museum of the local milling industry. It is now called the Mill City Museum.

Historic areas in the United States National Park System[]

National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs per se. Two additional Minnesota sites have national historical importance and have been designated as National Monuments by the National Park System.

Monument name[2] Image Established[2] Locality[2][3] County[2] Description[4]
1 Grand Portage National Monument Grand Hall 01960-01-27January 27, 1960 Grand Portage
47°57′44″N 89°41′05″W / 47.962222, -89.684722 (Grand Portage National Monument)
Cook The Grand Portage National Monument, located within the boreal forest on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota, preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage.
2 Pipestone National Monument Pipestone Quarry 01937-08-25August 25, 1937 Pipestone
44°00′48″N 96°19′31″W / 44.013333, -96.325278 (Pipestone National Monument)
Pipestone Pipestone National Monument preserves traditional catlinite quarries just north of Pipestone, Minnesota. The catlinite, or "pipestone", was and is used to make peace pipes, vitally important to traditional Plains Indian culture. The quarries are sacred to the Dakota Sioux (Lakota) Native Americans, and were neutral territory where all tribes could quarry stone for ceremonial pipes.[15]

Minnesota historic sites[]

The Minnesota Historical Society, a private, non-profit educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving the history of the state of Minnesota, owns and operates 26 museums and historic sites. Most, but not all of these are National Historic Landmarks or listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". http://www.nps.gov/nhl/QA.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-04. .
  3. ^ a b National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  4. ^ a b National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm.  Retrieved on various dates.
  5. ^ "F. Scott Fitzgerald House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=1109&Date=2002&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Watch&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  6. ^ "About the Kelley Farm". Minnesota Historic Sites: Oliver H. Kelley Farm. Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/ohkf/aboutkelley.html. Retrieved 2007-02-23. 
  7. ^ "Frank B. Kellogg House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=1447&Date=2004&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Watch&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  8. ^ "Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=784&Date=2004&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Satisfactory&ResourceType=Building. 
  9. ^ "Mountain Iron Mine". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=805&Date=2004&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Satisfactory&ResourceType=Site. 
  10. ^ Pennefeather, Shannon M. (2003). Mill City: A Visual History of the Minneapolis Mill District. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 
  11. ^ "Rabideau CCC Camp Restoration". http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/chippewa/program_areas/heritage/PITCCCPROJECT.HTM. Retrieved 2006-12-14. 
  12. ^ "O. E. Rolvaag House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=823&Date=2004&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Satisfactory&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  13. ^ "Thorstein Veblen Farmstead". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=1543&Date=&Ownership=Private&priorityname=&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  14. ^ "Andrew J. Volstead House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail2.cfm?ResourceId=1448&Date=2000&Ownership=Private&priorityname=Threatened&ResourceType=Building. 
  15. ^ National Park Service. "National Register Redbook: Pipestone National Monument" (PDF). http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/66000112.red.pdf. Retrieved May 17, 2006. 

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