Fort Ridgely State Park

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Fort Ridgely State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic Resources
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Location: Off Co. Hwy. 30 NW of New Ulm
Nearest city: New Ulm, Minnesota
Added to NRHP: October 25, 1989
NRHP Reference#: 89001668
MPS: Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
Governing body: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Coordinates: 44°27′09″N 94°43′51″W / 44.4524621, -94.7308199 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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