National Register of Historic Places listings in Aitkin County, Minnesota

Location of Aitkin County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Aitkin County, Minnesota.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Aitkin 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.

Historic resources in Aitkin County were identified in a "Multiple Resources Area" study, leading to several properties being listed on the NRHP.^[1]

There are 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.^[2]

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register[4]	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Aitkin Carnegie Library		April 16, 1982 (#82002924)	121 2nd St., NW. 46°31′59″N 93°42′34″W / 46.533192°N 93.709382°W	Aitkin	Well-preserved example of a Carnegie library—built 1911—and a prominent local example of Neoclassical architecture.[6]
2	Aitkin County Courthouse and Jail		April 16, 1982 (#82002923)	209 and 217 2nd St., NW. 46°31′59″N 93°42′37″W / 46.533056°N 93.710278°W	Aitkin	Long-serving seat of Aitkin County government, consisting of a 1915 jail and a 1920 courthouse, the latter exemplifying the second-generation Beaux-Arts courthouses built around Minnesota in the early 20th century.[7]
3	Andy Gibson (shipwreck)		August 28, 2012 (#12000558)	Mississippi River, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) downstream from County Highway 1 Bridge[8] 46°32′25″N 93°43′01″W / 46.540199°N 93.717068°W	Aitkin vicinity	Rare and well-preserved remains of a Mississippi River steamboat, launched in 1884 to serve the headwaters region. Unique among U.S. shipwrecks for still resting on its 1894 drydock cradle.[8]
4	Arthyde Stone House		April 16, 1982 (#82002930)	County Road 27 46°21′16″N 93°05′22″W / 46.354417°N 93.089471°W	Arthyde	Fieldstone bungalow built circa 1922 in a short-lived settlement, a locally prominent reminder of the failed townsite speculation common to northern Minnesota's cutover land during the Roaring Twenties.[9]
5	Bethlehem Lutheran Church		April 16, 1982 (#82002928)	Off County Highway 12 46°28′34″N 93°37′00″W / 46.476034°N 93.616578°W	Aitkin vicinity	1897 church representative of the Swedish American population that predominated in southwest Aitkin County.[10]
6	Patrick Casey House		April 16, 1982 (#82002925)	4th St., SE. and 2nd Ave. 46°31′36″N 93°42′13″W / 46.526564°N 93.703546°W	Aitkin	1901 Queen Anne/Classical Revival house of a prominent local businessman (1849–1910) behind the Potter/Casey Company. Also one of northern Minnesota's few architecturally distinctive residences outside of Duluth and the Iron Range cities.[11]
7	Malmo Mounds and Village Site		April 3, 1975 (#75000974)	Northwestern quarter of Section 32, Township 45 North, Range 25 West[12] 46°20′48″N 93°31′57″W / 46.346667°N 93.532500°W	McGrath vicinity	Village site and some 72 mounds dating to the early Middle Woodland Period, the type site and best preserved assemblage of the region's distinct Malmo Phase.[13]
8	National Woodenware Company Superintendent's Residence	Upload image	April 16, 1982 (#82002929)	SW. Elm St. and Ione Ave. 46°59′35″N 93°35′40″W / 46.992932°N 93.594423°W	Hill City	1910 manager's housing, chief remnant of an Armour and Company subsidiary that was Hill City's principal employer and developer 1910–1928.[14]
9	Northern Pacific Depot		April 16, 1982 (#82002926)	20 Pacific St., SW. 46°31′54″N 93°42′28″W / 46.531667°N 93.707768°W	Aitkin	Railway station built 1915–16, symbolizing the importance of the railroad in Aitkin's founding and development.[15] Now houses an Aitkin County Historical Society museum.[16]
10	Pine-Hickory Lakes Roadside Parking Area		May 23, 2016 (#16000276)	US 169, .25 mi. N. of 249th Ln. 46°26′38″N 93°44′17″W / 46.443979°N 93.737943°W	Aitkin vicinity	Roadside park built 1937–38, a large example of the state's early highway waysides developed during the New Deal. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic design.[17]
11	Potter/Casey Company Building		April 16, 1982 (#82002927)	E. Minnesota Ave. between 1st and 2nd Sts., NW. 46°31′58″N 93°42′23″W / 46.532853°N 93.706384°W	Aitkin	1902 commercial building constructed for Aitkin County's leading mercantile business.[18]
12	Savanna Portage		April 23, 1973 (#73000963)	Off County Highway 5 in Savanna Portage State Park 46°49′42″N 93°10′32″W / 46.828313°N 93.175548°W	McGregor vicinity	Difficult but vital 6-mile (9.7 km) portage linking the Great Lakes and Mississippi basins, blazed by Native Americans and used into the fur trade and early settlement eras.[19]

See also

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

References

1. Haidet, Mark E. (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Aitkin County Multiple Resource Area / Historic Resources of Aitkin County (Partial Inventory)" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-19.
2. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
3. 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.
4. National Park Service (2008-04-24). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
5. 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.
6. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Aitkin Public Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
7. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Aitkin County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
8. Merriman, Ann; Christopher Olson (2012-01-23). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Andy Gibson" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
9. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Arthyde Stone House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
10. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
11. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Casey, Patrick, House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
12. Aufderheide, Arthur C., et al. "Health, Demography, and Archaeology of Mille Lacs Native American Mortuary Populations". Plains Anthropologist 39.149 (1994): 251-375: 273.
13. George, Douglas (1974-12-10). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Malmo Mounds and Village Site (21AK1)". National Park Service.
14. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: National Woodenware Company Superintendent's Residence" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
15. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Northern Pacific Depot" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
16. "Our Museums". Aitkin County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
17. Granger, Susan; Scott Kelly (December 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pine-Hickory Lakes Roadside Parking Area" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
18. Haidet, Mark (February 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Potter-Casey Company Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
19. Mitchell, Diana (1973-03-16). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Savanna Portage" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-08-27.

External links

• Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society