National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota

Location of Faribault County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Faribault 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 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes one additional site that was formerly listed on the National Register.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 16, 2016.^[1]

Current listings

[2]	Name on the Register[3]	Image	Date listed[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adams H. Bullis House		May 23, 1980 (#80004259)	Address restricted 43°45′39″N 94°06′57″W / 43.760833°N 94.115833°W	Delavan vicinity	Circa-1875 Italianate farmhouse of scientific cattle breeder Adams H. Bullis (1832–?), a leading figure representative of Faribault County's agricultural history and its transition from pioneer farms to sophisticated enterprises.[5]
2	Center Creek Archeological District	Upload image	September 15, 1976 (#76001052)	Both sides of Center Creek above its confluence with the Blue Earth River[6] 43°44′16″N 94°11′00″W / 43.73777°N 94.18333°W	Winnebago vicinity	Complex of some 50 Oneota villages and activity sites[7] with some evidence of horticulture.[8] Coordinates are those of the Vosburg Site, a part of the complex.[6]
3	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot and Lunchroom		May 23, 1980 (#80004263)	89-100 1st St., NW. 43°44′46″N 93°43′37″W / 43.746045°N 93.726817°W	Wells	Two 1903 buildings representative of the substantial railroad activity in Wells—a train station and a freestanding lunchroom that served crew and passengers.[9]
4	Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal		May 23, 1980 (#80004257)	Moore and 8th Sts. 43°38′12″N 94°06′02″W / 43.636735°N 94.100628°W	Blue Earth	1872 example of the small Gothic Revival churches built under the leadership of Episcopal bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple.[10]
5	District No. 40 School		May 23, 1980 (#80004264)	Minnesota Highway 109 43°44′45″N 93°49′38″W / 43.745913°N 93.827268°W	Wells vicinity	One of Faribault County's best-preserved rural schoolhouses, in operation 1896–1952. Known as the Pink Schoolhouse for its distinctive color scheme.[11]
6	Andrew C. Dunn House		May 23, 1980 (#80004265)	133 S. Main St. 43°45′57″N 94°09′59″W / 43.765854°N 94.16627°W	Winnebago	Prominent house built in 1901 for Andrew C. Dunn, who helped found Winnebago in 1857 and served a leading role in civic and political life.[12]
7	Faribault County Courthouse		April 11, 1977 (#77000731)	415 N. Main 43°38′33″N 94°06′11″W / 43.64237°N 94.103069°W	Blue Earth	Courthouse built 1891–92, exemplifying the late-19th century's Richardsonian Romanesque public buildings.[13]
8	First National Bank		May 23, 1980 (#80004266)	Main St. and Cleveland Ave. 43°46′04″N 94°09′58″W / 43.767642°N 94.165978°W	Winnebago	Leading example—constructed from 1916 to '17—of the Neoclassical bank buildings that often characterized Minnesota's early-20th-century smalltown streetscapes.[14]
9	Peter Kremer House	Upload image	May 23, 1980 (#80004260)	Main and 4th Sts. 43°50′34″N 93°49′58″W / 43.842739°N 93.832877°W	Minnesota Lake	Prominent house built in 1906 for Minnesota Lake's leading entrepreneur and town promoter.[15] Now a museum.[16]
10	Muret N. Leland House		May 23, 1980 (#80004261)	410 2nd Ave., SW. 43°44′26″N 93°43′44″W / 43.740635°N 93.728822°W	Wells	One of Wells' most prominent houses, built in 1883 and later owned by pioneer merchant and politician Muret N. Leland (1849–1921).[17]
11	Memorial Library		December 20, 1988 (#88002835)	6th St. and Ramsey Ave. 43°38′18″N 94°05′54″W / 43.638403°N 94.098446°W	Blue Earth	Public library built in 1904 as the Etta C. Ross Memorial Library, noted as a project of a local philanthropist in memory of his late wife and for its Neoclassical architecture.[18] Now a museum.[19]
12	James B. Wakefield House		May 23, 1980 (#80004258)	405 E. 6th St. 43°38′20″N 94°05′52″W / 43.638937°N 94.09777°W	Blue Earth	1868 house of James Wakefield (1825–1910), one of the principal founders of Blue Earth and Faribault County, and a career politician who served as lieutenant governor and a U.S. congressman.[20] Now a museum.[21]
13	Walters Jail	Upload image	May 23, 1980 (#80004262)	3rd and Main Sts. 43°36′20″N 93°40′20″W / 43.605469°N 93.672306°W	Walters	1906 freestanding jail reflecting the insular nature of small railroad towns in their initial years.[22]

Former listings

[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Constans Hotel	Upload image	May 23, 1980 (#80004256)	May 7, 1990	121-127 N. Main St.	Blue Earth	Elegant hotel established in 1868 and heavily remodeled in 1896. Fell into disrepair and was demolished by the city in 1988.[23]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 16, 2016.
2. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. National Park Service (2008-04-24). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. 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.
5. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Bullis, Adams H., House". National Park Service.
6. Bird, Robert McK. and Clark A. Dodds. "Archaeological Maize from the Vosburg Site (21FA2), Faribault County, Minnesota". Missouri Archaeologist 47 Whole Volume (1986): 85-105: 86.
7. Anfinson, Scott (2009). "Finding Minnesota: A Geographic Guide to Minnesota Archaeology" (PDF). Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
8. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
9. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot and Lunchroom" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
10. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Good Shepherd Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
11. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: District School #40" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
12. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Dunn, Andrew C., House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
13. Nelson, Charles W.; Susan Zeik (1976-08-26). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Faribault County Courthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
14. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: First National Bank" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
15. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Kremer, Peter, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
16. "Kremer House Library and Museum". City of Minnesota Lake. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
17. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Leland, Muret N., House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
18. Koop, Michael (1988-01-15). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Memorial Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
19. "Etta C. Ross Memorial Library Museum". Faribault County Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
20. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Wakefield, James B., House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
21. "Wakefield House". Faribault County Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
22. Roth, Susan (November 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Walters Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
23. El-Hai, Jack (2000). Lost Minnesota: Stories of Vanished Places. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816635153.

External links

• Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society