Shakopee Historic District

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Shakopee Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)

Location:	State Highway 101, Shakopee, Minnesota
Built/Founded:	1844
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	April 11, 1972
NRHP Reference#:	72000682^[1]
MPS:	Scott County MRA (AD)
Governing body:	Local

The Shakopee Historic District is a Registered Historic District in Shakopee, Minnesota that includes significant historical artifacts from pre-contact Native American cultures, pre- and post-contact villages of Dakotah people, and early white settlers. The earliest sign of habitation are burial mounds, while the most recent include a gristmill, inn ruins, and ferry landing.^[2]

Ruins of Murphy's Inn

unrestored gristmill

Site of Murphy's Landing

Prehistoric burial mounds

[edit] References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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