National Register of Historic Places listings in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mille Lacs 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, including one National Historic Landmark. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.[1]
Current listings[edit]
| [2] | Name on the Register[3] | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridge No. 3355-Kathio Township |  |
June 29, 1998 (#98000685) |
U.S. Route 169 over Whitefish Creek 46°12′55″N 93°47′34″W / 46.215298°N 93.792869°W | Kathio Township | One of Minnesota's few ornamental concrete slab bridges, covered in fine masonry by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939.[5] |
| 2 | Cooper Site |  |
September 22, 1970 (#70000299) |
West-central shore of Lake Ogechie, Mille Lacs Kathio State Park[6] 46°08′43″N 93°46′31″W / 46.145278°N 93.775222°W | Onamia vicinity | Precontact and early contact-era Mdewakanton habitation site and burial mounds; the type site for a particular cultural complex and a contributing property to the Kathio Site.[7] |
| 3 | Robert C. Dunn House |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001922) |
708 S. 4th St. 45°33′58″N 93°35′04″W / 45.56606°N 93.584395°W | Princeton | 1902 Colonial Revival house of Robert C. Dunn (1855–1918), a newspaper publisher, local and state politician, and leading advocate for the Good Roads Movement.[8] |
| 4 | Ephraim C. Gile House |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001907) |
311 8th Ave., S. 45°33′57″N 93°35′06″W / 45.565936°N 93.585063°W | Princeton | Gothic Revival house built circa 1872, a rare example of the style north of Minneapolis–Saint Paul.[9] |
| 5 | Great Northern Depot |  |
November 23, 1977 (#77000757) |
101 S 10th St. 45°34′09″N 93°35′17″W / 45.569222°N 93.587994°W | Princeton | 1902 train station that served as the area's key hub of commercial shipping for 70 years.[10] Now a museum.[11] |
| 6 | Kathio Site |  |
October 15, 1966 (#66000403) |
Within Mille Lacs Kathio State Park 46°07′45″N 93°45′15″W / 46.129174°N 93.754063°W | Vineland vicinity | Concentration of at least 17 archaeological sites in the contact-era homeland of the Dakota people—later taken over by the Ojibwe—with high potential to illuminate the development of the area's pre- and post-contact indigenous cultures. Now Mille Lacs Kathio State Park.[12] |
| 7 | Milaca Municipal Hall |  |
September 11, 1985 (#85002201) |
145 Central Ave, S. 45°45′15″N 93°39′03″W / 45.754213°N 93.650883°W | Milaca | Exemplary 1936 municipal hall built in fieldstone by the Works Progress Administration, incorporating a circa-1890 fire hall and interior murals by a Federal Art Project painter.[10] Now a local history museum.[13] |
| 8 | Mille Lacs County Courthouse |  |
March 25, 1977 (#77000756) |
635 2nd St., SE. 45°45′15″N 93°38′35″W / 45.754297°N 93.643092°W | Milaca | Seat of county government since 1923 and a well-preserved embodiment of a post-World War I phase in courthouse architecture that favored Renaissance/Classical Revival motifs and fireproof construction to protect public records.[14] |
| 9 | Onamia Municipal Hall |  |
September 10, 1985 (#85002333) |
621 Main St. 46°04′13″N 93°40′08″W / 46.070415°N 93.668857°W | Onamia | Fieldstone municipal hall built 1935–36, a well-preserved example of typical Works Progress Administration unemployment relief projects using readily available but labor-intensive local materials.[15] |
| 10 | Petaga Point |  |
September 22, 1970 (#70000300) |
Outlet of Lake Ogechie, Mille Lacs Kathio State Park[6] 46°07′50″N 93°46′50″W / 46.130556°N 93.780556°W | Onamia vicinity | 3000–1000 BCE habitation site, the oldest within the Kathio Site district.[16] |
| 11 | Saw Mill Site |  |
September 22, 1970 (#70000301) |
Northwest shore of Lake Ogechie, Mille Lacs Kathio State Park[6] 46°08′57″N 93°46′44″W / 46.149167°N 93.778889°W | Onamia vicinity | Site of a precontact village in use 400–1600 CE, representing a distinctive cultural phase of native occupation. Also a contributing property to the Kathio Site.[16][17] |
| 12 | Vineland Bay Site |  |
September 22, 1970 (#70000302) |
North shore of Vineland Bay, Mille Lacs Kathio State Park[6] 46°09′45″N 93°45′22″W / 46.162556°N 93.756111°W | Vineland vicinity | Site of a late precontact-era village circa 800–1100 CE as well as a 19th-century Ojibwe camp, the former being significant as a distinctive cultural phase of native occupation. Also a contributing property to the Kathio Site.[18] |
Former listing[edit]
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellen Ruth (launch) | August 29, 1985 (#85001923) | June 21, 1990 | Main St. between Lake Shore Boulevard and Fifth St. (original address) Current coordinates are 46°07′05″N 93°31′15″W / 46.118129°N 93.520713°W | Wahkon | Fishing boat brought in 1933 to serve an early lake resort.[19] Relocated in 1989.[16] |
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 April 5, 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hess, Jeffrey A. (September 1997). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bridge No. 3355. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ a b c d Location derived from Archaeology Lab, Department of Anthropology (1974). Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Minnesota State Parks. University of Minnesota. NRIS lists site as "address restricted".
- ^ Johnson, Elden (1970-03-11). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Cooper Site (21-ML-9). National Park Service.
- ^ Jenkinson, Thomas; Norene Roberts (1985-01-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Robert C. Dunn House. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ Jenkinson, Thomas; Norene Roberts (1985-01-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Ephriam C. Gile House. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ a b Jenkinson, Thomas; Norene Roberts (1985-01-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Milaca Municipal Hall. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ "About Us". Mille Lacs County Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ Weiss, Francine (1976-05-05). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: KATHIO SITE (Archeological District). National Park Service.
- ^ "Milaca Area Historical Society". Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Nelson, Charles W.; Susan Zeik (1976-11-02). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Mille Lacs County Courthouse. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ Jenkinson, Thomas; Norene Roberts (1985-01-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Onamia Municipal Hall. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ a b c Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.[page needed]
- ^ Johnson, Elden (1970-03-11). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Saw Mill Site (21-ML-10). National Park Service.
- ^ Johnson, Elden (1970-03-12). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Vineland Bay (21-ML-7). National Park Service.
- ^ "Area Information". North Star Resort. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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