National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock County, Minnesota

This is a list of NRHP listings in Rock County, Minnesota. See List of RHPs in MN.

Current listings

[1] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary
1 Blue Mounds State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources 01989-10-25October 25, 1989 Off U.S. Route 75 north of Luverne
 Luverne
2 Bridge No. 1482 01992-06-25June 25, 1992 Off U.S. Route 75 south of Luverne, Schoneman Park
 Luverne Township One of the last king post truss bridges in Minnesota[2]:60; see Profile
3 Bridge No. L-2162 01989-11-06November 6, 1989 County Road 51 over Split Rock Creek
 Jasper Small concrete arch bridge designed by Perley N. Gillham with Classical Revival design elements[2]:121-122; see Profile
4 Bridge No. L-2315 01989-11-06November 6, 1989 Township Road 89 over the Rock River
 Luverne
5 Bridge No. L-2316 01989-11-06November 6, 1989 Township Road 89 over the Rock River
 Luverne
6 Bridge No. L-4646 01989-11-06November 6, 1989 6th St. over Spring Brook
 Beaver Creek Perley N. Gillham barrel-arch reinforced concrete bridge[2]:122
7 First National Bank of Beaver Creek 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 1st Ave.
 Beaver Creek Good example of a rural bank as the most significant building on the main street; built of stone from outside the county[3]
8 J.W. Gerber House 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 324 W. Main St.
 Luverne Colonial Revival house built by an affluent hardware retailer[3]
9 R.B. Hinkly House 01975-06-10June 10, 1975 217 N. Freeman Ave.
 Luverne 1892 quartzite house[3]
10 Holy Trinity Church-Episcopal 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 N. Cedar and E. Luverne Sts.
 Luverne 1891 quartzite church[3]
11 Jasper Stone Company and Quarry 01978-01-05January 5, 1978 Off Sherman Ave.
 Jasper Quartzite quarrying operation started in 1890[3]
12 Kenneth School 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 230 W. 1st Ave.
 Kenneth Only remaining rural two-story frame schoolhouse in Rock County[3]
13 Pierce J. Kniss House 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 209 N. Estey St.
 Luverne 1879 Italian Villa style house; Kniss platted the townsite of Luverne and was the leading entrepreneur of the county[3]
14 Luverne Carnegie Library 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 205 N. Freeman Ave.
 Luverne
15 Maplewood Chapel 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 W. Warren St.
 Luverne Gothic Revival house; one of the few examples of "high style" in the county[3]
16 Jacob Nuffer Farmstead 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 County Roads 53 and 57
 Hills Rare brick farmstead building in an area where most are wood; still owned by the Nuffer family in 1978[3]
17 Omaha Depot 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 E. Fletcher St.
 Luverne Combination freight and passenger depot, functioning as an important transportation link in the area[3]
18 Palace Theater 01980-03-18March 18, 1980 Main St. and Freeman Ave.
 Luverne 1915 small town theater with notable interior design; still operating as a movie house[3]
19 Rock County Courthouse and Jail 01977-04-18April 18, 1977 204 E. Brown
 Luverne

Former listings

[1] Landmark name Image Date listed/removed Location City or town Summary
1 Worthington and Sioux Falls Freight Depot April 26, 1993 106 E Fletcher St Luverne Originally listed 1980. Removed 1991. Ref #80002158.

References

  1. ^ a b Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. ^ a b c Gardner, Denis P. (2008). Wood, Concrete, Stone, Steel: Minnesota's Historic Bridges. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4666-1. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Rock County Multiple Resource Area". 1978. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000374.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-12.