Fort Ridgely State Park

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Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Nearest city:	New Ulm, Minnesota
Coordinates:	44°27′3″N 94°43′36″W / 44.45083°N 94.72667°W / 44.45083; -94.72667Coordinates: 44°27′3″N 94°43′36″W / 44.45083°N 94.72667°W / 44.45083; -94.72667
Area:	220 acres (89 ha)
Built:	1934
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style:	NPS rustic architecture
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
NRHP Reference#:	89001668 ^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 25, 1989

Fort Ridgely State Park is a Minnesota state park on the Minnesota River south of Fairfax, Minnesota. It preserves Fort Ridgely and a site important to the Dakota War of 1862.

The Civilian Conservation Corps Rustic Style buildings within the state park, built between 1934 and 1936, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.

Rustic Style Architecture in Minnesota State Parks: Fort Ridgely State Park

Its only state park that has a 9-hole golf course on it overlooking Minnesota river and goes along Ft.Ridgely Creek

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Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park

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