National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota

Location of Martin County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Martin 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 8 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

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

Current listings

[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed[3] Location City or town Description
1 Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House
Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House
May 18, 1995
(#95000616)
209 Lake Ave.
43°39′13″N 94°27′55″W / 43.653652°N 94.465296°W / 43.653652; -94.465296 (Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House)
Fairmont 1867 Greek Revival house of Fairmont's first physician.[4] The town's oldest surviving brick home.[5]
2 Fairmont Opera House
Fairmont Opera House
July 2, 1980
(#80004530)
Downtown Plaza and Blue Earth Ave.
43°39′07″N 94°27′43″W / 43.651944°N 94.461944°W / 43.651944; -94.461944 (Fairmont Opera House)
Fairmont 1901 Classical Revival performing arts hall with stone trim.[4]
3 First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist
May 19, 1988
(#88000594)
222 Blue Earth Ave., E.
43°39′07″N 94°27′35″W / 43.651947°N 94.459642°W / 43.651947; -94.459642 (First Church of Christ, Scientist)
Fairmont 1898 Richardsonian Romanesque church of Sioux Quartzite, designed by Harry Wild Jones.[4] Now the Red Rock Center for the Arts.[6]
4 Fox Lake Site
Fox Lake Site
April 8, 1994
(#94000339)
Weber Island in Fox Lake[7]
43°40′40″N 94°43′12″W / 43.677778°N 94.720000°W / 43.677778; -94.720000 (Fox Lake Site)
Sherburn 500 BCE–1650 CE habitation site with pottery artifacts.[4] Type site for the Fox Lake style of Early Woodland pottery.[8]
5 Martin County Courthouse
Martin County Courthouse
September 22, 1977
(#77000755)
201 Lake Ave.
43°39′11″N 94°27′54″W / 43.652952°N 94.464993°W / 43.652952; -94.464993 (Martin County Courthouse)
Fairmont 1907 Renaissance/Baroque Revival courthouse designed by Charles E. Bell, with a domed tower and interior murals.[4]
6 Sherburn Commercial Historic District
Sherburn Commercial Historic District
August 3, 1987
(#87001303)
Main St., N., between Front and 2nd Sts.
43°39′13″N 94°43′39″W / 43.653483°N 94.727546°W / 43.653483; -94.727546 (Sherburn Commercial Historic District)
Sherburn 1898–1908 Victorian commercial buildings.[4]
7 United States Post Office
United States Post Office
May 12, 2008
(#08000403)
51-55 Downtown Plaza
43°39′08″N 94°27′43″W / 43.652346°N 94.462059°W / 43.652346; -94.462059 (United States Post Office)
Fairmont 1926 brick Colonial Revival post office commissioned by James A. Wetmore.[9]
8 George Wohlheter House
George Wohlheter House
June 20, 1975
(#75000994)
320 Woodland Ave.
43°38′48″N 94°28′04″W / 43.646595°N 94.467781°W / 43.646595; -94.467781 (George Wohlheter House)
Fairmont 1899 Queen Anne/Classical Revival mansion.[4]

See also

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. 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  5. Hanson, Krista Finstad (2007). Minnesota Open House: A Guide to Historic House Museums. [St. Paul, Minn.]: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-577-1.
  6. "Red Rock Center for the Arts". Red Rock Center for the Arts. 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  7. Gibbon, Guy. "Chapter 10: Initial Woodland Complexes in Southwestern Minnesota". University of Minnesota, 2008-12. Accessed 2013-04-26.
  8. Bonney, Rachel A. "Early Woodland in Minnesota". Plains Anthropologist 15.50 (1970): 302-304: 302.
  9. "United States Post Office, Fairmont". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
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