National Register of Historic Places listings in Waseca County, Minnesota
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Waseca County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Waseca 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 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes one additional site that was formerly on the National Register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 8, 2024.[1]
Current listings
[edit]| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[3] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W. J. Armstrong Company Wholesale Grocers |  |
August 19, 1982 (#82003067) |
202 2nd St., SW. 44°04′35″N 93°30′33″W / 44.076402°N 93.509237°W | Waseca | Trackside warehouse built circa 1900, the best preserved building associated with Waseca's economic development as a rail transportation hub.[4] |
| 2 | John W. Aughenbaugh House |  |
August 24, 1982 (#82003068) |
831 3rd Ave., NE. 44°04′45″N 93°29′41″W / 44.079304°N 93.494744°W | Waseca | Waseca's most architecturally prominent house associated with the local milling industry, built in 1897.[5] |
| 3 | Philo C. Bailey House |  |
November 25, 1994 (#94001384) |
401 2nd Ave. NE. 44°04′43″N 93°30′11″W / 44.078652°N 93.50296°W | Waseca | House occupied 1872–1907 by a local pioneer, businessman, politician, and civic leader (1828–1907) involved in an unusually wide range of activities during Waseca's early development.[6] Now houses the research library of the Waseca County Historical Society.[7] |
| 4 | Hofmann Apiaries |  |
January 19, 2016 (#15000982) |
4661 420th Ave. 44°10′04″N 93°40′25″W / 44.167778°N 93.673611°W | Janesville | Unusually intact apiary with ten contributing properties from the period 1907–1933; one of the Upper Midwest's leading honey producers and widely recognized for its innovative beekeeping and processing techniques.[8] |
| 5 | Janesville Free Public Library |  |
August 19, 1982 (#82003065) |
102 W. 2nd St. 44°07′03″N 93°42′28″W / 44.117501°N 93.707882°W | Janesville | Well-preserved 1912 example of a Carnegie library; also noted for its Neoclassical architecture.[9] |
| 6 | Seha Sorghum Mill |  |
June 4, 1979 (#79003718) |
43978 County Highway 5 44°11′38″N 93°39′00″W / 44.193801°N 93.650032°W | Janesville vicinity | Minnesota's only surviving sorghum syrup mill, active circa 1904–1956, and a symbol of the region's agriculture and industry.[10] |
| 7 | Strangers Refuge Lodge Number 74, IOOF |  |
July 12, 2006 (#06000601) |
119 S. Broadway Ave. 43°53′36″N 93°29′37″W / 43.893445°N 93.493524°W | New Richland | 1902 Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall, home of a large and important local fraternal organization and a key venue for a wide range of other groups and events.[11] Now houses the New Richland Public Library. |
| 8 | Vista Lutheran Church |  |
November 8, 1982 (#82000565) |
15035 275th Ave. 43°57′26″N 93°27′57″W / 43.957236°N 93.465961°W | Otisco vicinity | 1908 church, the best preserved symbol of Waseca County's principal Swedish American settlement, established in 1857.[12] |
| 9 | Roscoe P. Ward House |  |
August 19, 1982 (#82003069) |
804 E. Elm Ave. 44°04′38″N 93°29′47″W / 44.077173°N 93.496427°W | Waseca | Prominent 1896 house of a local leader in politics and finance.[13] |
| 10 | Waseca Commercial Historic District |  |
January 10, 2020 (#100004864) |
Centering on State St. between 3rd Ave. NE/NW and 2nd Ave. SE/SW; roughly bounded by 2nd St. NW/SW and the Canadian Pacific RR tracks 44°04′39″N 93°30′27″W / 44.077575°N 93.507448°W | Waseca | Four-block central business district crucial to the development and evolution of Waseca County's economy, with 54 contributing properties built 1875–1960.[14] |
| 11 | Waseca County Courthouse |  |
September 2, 1982 (#82003070) |
307 N. State St. 44°04′47″N 93°30′28″W / 44.079816°N 93.507784°W | Waseca | 1897 courthouse, significant as the home of the county's government and for the role that achieving county seat status had on the development of the city.[15] |
| 12 | William R. Wolf House |  |
August 24, 1982 (#82003071) |
522 2nd Ave., NE. 44°04′42″N 93°30′01″W / 44.07824°N 93.500371°W | Waseca | Waseca's best-preserved example—built circa 1895—of a successful merchant's house and of Queen Anne architecture.[16] Now a bed and breakfast.[17] |
Former listings
[edit]| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth S. Phelps Farmhouse | October 21, 1982 (#82000564) | June 9, 1993 | County Highway 2 | Waseca vicinity | 1869 Italianate farmhouse.[18] Demolished in the 1990s.[19] |
See also
[edit]- List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota
References
[edit]- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Armstrong, W.J., Company Wholesale Grocers". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Aughenbaugh, W.J., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Anderson, David C. (1994-04-28). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bailey, Philo C., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "History of the WCHS". Waseca County Historical Society. 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ^ Zahn, Thomas R.; Bethany Gladhill; Peg Reilly (2015-06-02). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hofmann Apiaries" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Janesville Free Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Frame III, Robert M. (1979-03-26). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Seha Sorghum Syrup Mill". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Anderson, David C. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Strangers Refuge Lodge Number 74, IOOF". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Vista Lutheran Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ward, R. Percy, House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Schmidt, Andrew; Molly Patterson-Lundgren (2019-08-09). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Waseca Commercial Historic District (PDF). Minnesota Department of Administration. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Waseca County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wolf, W.R., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "Pine Cone B&B". Discover Waseca Tourism. 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Phelps, Seth S., Farmhouse (removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ "Waseca County National Register of Historic Places". Waseca County Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
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