National Register of Historic Places listings in Goodhue County, Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Goodhue County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Goodhue 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.

Location of Goodhue County in Minnesota

There are 63 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes six additional sites that were formerly listed on the National Register.

          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Alexander P. Anderson Estate-Tower View	Alexander P. Anderson Estate-Tower View	April 13, 1977 (#77000734)	163 Tower View Dr. 44°34′12″N 92°38′17″W	Red Wing	Unique farm/residence/laboratory complex dating to 1916, long-time venue for botanical, biological, medical, and technological research. Now the Anderson Center at Tower View artist retreat.
2	Bank of Pine Island, Opera House Block	Bank of Pine Island, Opera House Block	February 12, 1980 (#80002052)	222 Main St. 44°12′04″N 92°38′48″W	Pine Island	Elaborate 1895 bank/opera house exemplifying the late-19th-century maturation in southeast Minnesota's booming towns. Name change (originally Opera Block House) with additional documentation, October 9, 2013.
3	Barn Bluff	Barn Bluff	August 3, 1990 (#90001165)	Junction of U.S. 61 and 63 44°34′10″N 92°31′32″W	Red Wing	343-foot-high (105 m) bluff, a famous Mississippi River landmark from early European exploration into the automobile tourism era. Listing includes remnants of a 1929 staircase.
4	Bartron Site	Bartron Site	October 15, 1970 (#70000294)	Address restricted	Red Wing vicinity	One of only two major Mississippian culture sites known on the Minnesota side of the Mississippi River valley, of particular archaeological value because it hasn't been disturbed by plowing.
5	George Baslington Farmhouse	George Baslington Farmhouse	February 12, 1980 (#80002050)	20446 480th St. 44°15′10″N 92°37′17″W	Pine Island vicinity	Rare surviving example of southeast Minnesota's crude first farmhouses, consisting of an 1850s log cabin with two later additions. Partially collapsed or demolished as of April 2014.
6	Bridge No. 12	Bridge No. 12	November 6, 1989 (#89001837)	Township Rd. 43 over Bullard Creek 44°32′31″N 92°26′20″W	Red Wing vicinity	1908 pony truss bridge, a common early-20th-century style for short spans and an example of early state efforts to standardize bridge designs.
7	Jacob A. and Mary Finn Bringgold House	Jacob A. and Mary Finn Bringgold House	May 9, 2014 (#14000216)	318 2nd St. SW 44°12′04″N 92°39′04″W	Pine Island	Leading local example of Queen Anne architecture, built c. 1903.
8	Anna and Samuel Murry Burpee House	Anna and Samuel Murry Burpee House	February 12, 1980 (#80002051)	314 2nd St. SW 44°12′04″N 92°39′03″W	Pine Island	1895 Queen Anne house. Previously listed on the National Register under the name Jacob Bringgold House.
9	Cannon Falls Commercial Historic District	Cannon Falls Commercial Historic District	January 7, 2000 (#99001654)	4th St. between Mill and Main Sts. 44°30′27″N 92°54′21″W	Cannon Falls	Well preserved central business district of an agricultural service community, with 24 contributing properties mostly dating to the 1880s and 90s.
10	Cannon Falls School	Cannon Falls School	February 12, 1980 (#80002039)	115 W. Minnesota St. 44°30′39″N 92°54′07″W	Cannon Falls	School building with interconnected 1893 and 1912 wings, representative of the large schools that appeared in southeast Minnesota's rapidly growing towns at the end of the 19th century.
11	Carleton Airport	Carleton Airport	July 21, 2004 (#04000722)	1235 Minnesota Highway 19 44°28′21″N 93°00′51″W	Stanton vicinity	1942 airfield established by Carleton College to offer flight training during World War II; the most intact of Minnesota's 25 War Training Service sites. Now Stanton Airfield.
12	G.A. Carlson Lime Kiln	G.A. Carlson Lime Kiln	September 27, 1976 (#76001053)	E. 5th St. 44°34′10″N 92°31′10″W	Red Wing	1882 lime kiln representative of the area's important limestone quarrying and lime producing industry.
13	Chicago Great Western Depot	Chicago Great Western Depot	June 4, 1980 (#80002056)	726 W. Main St. 44°33′53″N 92°32′22″W	Red Wing	One of Red Wing's two major train stations, built in 1906; a symbol of the area's crucial rail infrastructure.
14	Church of St. Rose of Lima	Church of St. Rose of Lima	August 13, 2013 (#13000597)	8778 County 11 Blvd. 44°13′06″N 92°51′24″W	Kenyon vicinity	1879 church and adjacent cemetery, focal point of a rural Catholic Irish immigrant community locally representative of the mid-nineteenth-century Irish diaspora.
15	Church of the Redeemer-Episcopal	Church of the Redeemer-Episcopal	February 12, 1980 (#80002040)	123 N. 3rd St. 44°30′28″N 92°54′14″W	Cannon Falls	One of southeast Minnesota's best-preserved first-generation churches, built 1866–67. Also representative of the influence of the region's Protestant settlers.
16	Cross of Christ Lutheran Church	Cross of Christ Lutheran Church	February 12, 1980 (#80002057)	24036 County 7 Blvd. 44°36′01″N 92°43′47″W	Welch vicinity	1878 example of the characteristic steepled churches built in southeast Minnesota's Swedish American communities.
17	Dammon Round Barn	Dammon Round Barn	February 12, 1980 (#80002058)	28650 Wildwood Ln. 44°32′49″N 92°27′37″W	Red Wing vicinity	1914 round barn representing the creative, purpose-built solutions of the region's farmers in the transition from wheat growing to dairying. Now part of a bed and breakfast.
18	District No. 20 School	District No. 20 School	February 12, 1980 (#80002059)	31721 Minnesota 58 44°29′20″N 92°32′59″W	Hay Creek	Exemplary one-room school built in 1889, representing the typical venue for education in rural Minnesota in the latter 19th century.
19	Ellsworth Hotel Livery Stable	Ellsworth Hotel Livery Stable	February 12, 1980 (#80002043)	210 4th St. 44°30′30″N 92°54′21″W	Cannon Falls	Circa-1871 hotel stable, the last surviving remnant of Cannon Falls' pioneer-era commerce. Also a contributing property to the Cannon Falls Commercial Historic District.
20	Firemen's Hall	Firemen's Hall	February 12, 1980 (#80002041)	206 W. Mill St. 44°30′29″N 92°54′12″W	Cannon Falls	1888 fire station reflecting the peril from and response to fires in the period's communities. Now the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society's museum.
21	First Congregational Church of Zumbrota	First Congregational Church of Zumbrota	February 12, 1980 (#80002065)	455 East Ave. 44°17′34″N 92°40′03″W	Zumbrota	One of southeast Minnesota's oldest standing churches, built in 1862, and a reflection of New Englander settlement in many of its towns.
22	Florence Town Hall	Florence Town Hall	July 20, 2000 (#00000818)	33915 Minnesota Highway 61 44°30′37″N 92°21′07″W	Frontenac	1875 township hall, long-serving seat of government as well a social and recreational venue for the community.
23	Fort Sweeney Site	Fort Sweeney Site	August 5, 1970 (#70000295)	Address restricted	Red Wing vicinity	Distinctive hilltop site of pits, mounds, and other prehistoric earthworks on a projecting river bluff.
24	E.J. Fryk Barn	E.J. Fryk Barn	February 12, 1980 (#80002060)	29212 Orchard Rd. 44°31′28″N 92°27′17″W	Red Wing vicinity	1872 example of the small barns commonly built during the peak of cash crop wheat farming in southeast Minnesota.
25	Capt. Charles Gellett House	Capt. Charles Gellett House	February 12, 1980 (#80002042)	311 N. 6th St. 44°30′34″N 92°54′30″W	Cannon Falls	1860 house of a pioneer who helped develop hydropowered industry in Cannon Falls, and his brother-in-law, politician Joseph Peckham, who sponsored Minnesota's first state normal school.
26	Gladstone Building	Gladstone Building	November 14, 1979 (#79001239)	309 Bush St. 44°33′54″N 92°32′01″W	Red Wing	Prominent 19th-century commercial building of local limestone, built in 1886.
27	Martin T. Gunderson House	Martin T. Gunderson House	June 10, 1975 (#75000980)	107 Gunderson Blvd. 44°16′18″N 92°59′41″W	Kenyon	1895 Queen Anne house of a local miller, the area's first industrialist, who introduced electric lighting to Kenyon.
28	Hauge Lutheran Church	Hauge Lutheran Church	February 12, 1980 (#80002048)	Off Minnesota Highway 60 44°15′19″N 93°01′18″W	Kenyon vicinity	Church built 1871–1888 by a Hauge Synod congregation, one of the two primary Lutheran denominations behind Norwegian immigration into Goodhue County.
29	Dr. Charles Hewitt Laboratory	Dr. Charles Hewitt Laboratory	November 15, 1979 (#79001240)	216 Dakota St. 44°33′50″N 92°32′16″W	Red Wing	1866 office/laboratory of Dr. Charles N. Hewitt (1836–1910), a national pioneer in public health. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
30	Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage	Holden Lutheran Church Parsonage	February 12, 1980 (#80002049)	County Highway 60 44°19′13″N 92°54′09″W	Kenyon vicinity	Parsonage where Reverend Bernt Julius Muus—a regional founder of the Norwegian Lutheran Church—lived c. 1861–1900, and where the progenitor of St. Olaf College was founded in 1869.
31	E.S. Hoyt House	E.S. Hoyt House	June 5, 1975 (#75000981)	300 Hill St. 44°33′43″N 92°32′29″W	Red Wing	1913 Prairie School house by Purcell & Elmslie, exemplifying the logistical and artistic unity of the architects' collaboration. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
32	Immanuel Lutheran Church	Immanuel Lutheran Church	February 12, 1980 (#80002061)	24686 Old Church Rd. 44°29′29″N 92°32′12″W	Hay Creek	1897 church representative of regional German American settlement, southeast Minnesota's third-largest immigrant group after Swedes and Norwegians.
33	Kappel Wagon Works	Kappel Wagon Works	November 14, 1979 (#79001241)	221 W. 3rd St. 44°33′58″N 92°31′57″W	Red Wing	Rare surviving example of Red Wing's early manufacturing businesses, constructed in 1875. Also noted for its architectural integrity.
34	Keystone Building	Keystone Building	November 14, 1979 (#79001242)	409 Main St. 44°33′56″N 92°32′07″W	Red Wing	1867 example of Red Wing's early commercial buildings, a rare surviving work of local architect Daniel C. Hill also noted for its Italianate architecture.
35	James L. Lawther House	James L. Lawther House	May 21, 1975 (#75000982)	927 W. 3rd St. 44°33′43″N 92°32′27″W	Red Wing	Exemplary 1857 octagon house (expanded in 1870) of a notable local politician and real estate dealer. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
36	Mendota to Wabasha Military Road: Cannon River Section	Mendota to Wabasha Military Road: Cannon River Section	February 7, 1991 (#90002199)	Cannon Bottom Rd. 44°34′48″N 92°38′36″W	Red Wing	3,200-foot (980 m) road section conforming to the 1854 alignment of the Mendota–Wabasha Military Road, some of Minnesota's first transportation infrastructure.
37	Harrison Miller Farmhouse	Harrison Miller Farmhouse	May 22, 1978 (#78001535)	2153 Minnesota Highway 19 44°29′11″N 92°59′49″W	Cannon Falls vicinity	1869 farmhouse noted for its transitional architecture blending Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate elements.
38	John Miller Farmhouse	John Miller Farmhouse	February 12, 1980 (#80002062)	11160 County Highway 1 44°26′27″N 92°48′26″W	Cannon Falls vicinity	1860s farmhouse with pattern features, exemplifying the prosperity of southeast Minnesota's early cash crop agriculture. Also associated with a prominent local farmer turned politician.
39	Minnesota State Training School	Minnesota State Training School	June 4, 1973 (#73000979)	1079 County Highway 292 44°33′38″N 92°29′52″W	Red Wing	Youth detention center complex dedicated in 1889, notable for its prominent Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and Minnesota's progressive stance on educating juvenile delinquents. Now the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing.
40	Minnesota Stoneware Company	Minnesota Stoneware Company	December 26, 1979 (#79001243)	1997 W. Main St. 44°33′51″N 92°33′33″W	Red Wing	Stoneware factory complex dating to 1901, the only remaining buildings associated with Minnesota's nationally known Red Wing Pottery industry. Now Pottery Place mall.
41	Nansen Agricultural Historic District	Nansen Agricultural Historic District	November 15, 2000 (#00001372)	Vicinity of Minnesota Highway 56 and County Highways 14 and 49 44°22′14″N 92°56′06″W	Holden and Warsaw Townships	7.3-square-mile (19 km2) agricultural district retaining its traditional infrastructure and land use since the 1870s, with 190 contributing properties on 30 family farms.
42	Oakwood Cemetery	Oakwood Cemetery	February 14, 2012 (#12000005)	1258 Cherry St. 44°33′02″N 92°31′10″W	Red Wing	1857 cemetery exemplifying the design principals of landscape architect Adolph Strauch and featuring a 1908 chapel and gate designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.
43	Old Frontenac Historic District	Old Frontenac Historic District	June 4, 1973 (#73000978)	Roughly bounded by Winona Dr., Burr Oak St., and Lake and Westervelt Aves. 44°31′26″N 92°19′52″W	Florence Township	Intact, early resort town established by the prominent Garrard family of Cincinnati, exhibiting early town planning, Civil War-era architecture, and cultural ties to the antebellum Ohio River Valley in its 12 contributing properties built 1854–1889.
44	Oxford Mill Ruin	Oxford Mill Ruin	February 12, 1980 (#80002044)	Oxford Mill Rd. 44°28′27″N 92°55′53″W	Cannon Falls vicinity	Ruins of an 1878 flour mill gutted by fire in 1905, the only standing remnant of a major Goodhue County industry and the best surviving example of a group of mills in the Cannon River Valley that pioneered several technological developments.
45	Pine Island City Hall and Fire Station	Pine Island City Hall and Fire Station	February 12, 1980 (#80002053)	250 S. Main St. 44°12′02″N 92°38′48″W	Pine Island	1909 government building representative of the multipurpose municipal facilities commonly built in southeastern Minnesota in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
46	Pratt-Tabor House	Pratt-Tabor House	November 14, 1979 (#79001245)	706 W. 4th St. 44°33′46″N 92°32′14″W	Red Wing	Brick Italianate house built c. 1875, a well-preserved example of a style popular during Red Wing's 1870s' prosperity. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
47	Red Wing City Hall	Red Wing City Hall	November 14, 1979 (#79001246)	315 W. 4th St. 44°33′53″N 92°31′55″W	Red Wing	Municipal hall built 1905–06, noted as Red Wing's only government building constructed exclusively for city use, and for its Renaissance Revival architecture.
48	Red Wing Iron Works	Red Wing Iron Works	November 14, 1979 (#79001247)	401 Levee St. 44°33′59″N 92°32′11″W	Red Wing	Red Wing's oldest surviving industrial building, an 1874 ironworks whose supply and repair of local machinery was key to the city's rise as an early manufacturing center.
49	Red Wing Mall Historic District	Red Wing Mall Historic District	January 8, 1980 (#80002063)	Along East and West Aves. and Broadway between 6th St. and the levee 44°33′47″N 92°32′06″W	Red Wing	Long-serving and unusually large civic district, with 48 contributing properties including public buildings, parks, churches, and the 1905 Red Wing Depot.
50	Red Wing Residential Historic District	Red Wing Residential Historic District	April 15, 1982 (#82002955)	Roughly bounded by W. 5th, W. Main, Cedar, and Dakota Sts. 44°33′40″N 92°32′26″W	Red Wing	14-block housing district significant for its influential residents—including Eric Norelius, William J. Colvill, and Frances Densmore—and variety of period architectural styles, with 153 contributing properties built 1855–1935.
51	Red Wing Waterworks	Red Wing Waterworks	August 13, 2013 (#13000598)	935 Levee Rd. 44°33′52″N 92°32′34″W	Red Wing	Water supply complex dating to 1885, Red Wing's oldest surviving city public works facility.
52	Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory	Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory	February 12, 1980 (#80002054)	13130 County Highway 11 44°13′30″N 92°46′08″W	Roscoe	1898 example of the small, rural, late-19th-century factories established to serve southeast Minnesota's emerging dairy industry. Also associated with the agricultural cooperative movement.
53	T.B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium	T.B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium	June 3, 1976 (#76001054)	443 W. 3rd St. 44°33′50″N 92°32′06″W	Red Wing	Long-serving cultural venue built in 1904, donated to the city as the first municipal theatre in the United States. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Mall Historic District.
54	Theodore B. Sheldon House	Theodore B. Sheldon House	June 7, 1976 (#76001055)	805 W. 4th St. 44°33′42″N 92°32′17″W	Red Wing	1875 house of Theodore B. Sheldon (1820–1900), an early settler of Red Wing who arrived in 1856 and became one of the city's leading citizens, active in commerce, transportation, and civics. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
55	Spring Creek Petroglyphs	Spring Creek Petroglyphs	November 14, 1996 (#96001310)	Address restricted	Red Wing vicinity	Native American petroglyph panel with bird, snake, and human glyphs. Also designated 21GD187.
56	St. James Hotel	St. James Hotel	September 15, 1977 (#77000733)	406 Main St. 44°33′58″N 92°32′08″W	Red Wing	Prominent and long-serving hotel designed by Edward Bassford and built 1874–75. Listing expanded to two adjacent commercial buildings, including an early medical clinic, built by the hotel in 1912 and 1923 to diversify.
57	Third Street Bridge	Third Street Bridge	November 6, 1989 (#89001836)	3rd St. over the Cannon River 44°30′49″N 92°54′15″W	Cannon Falls	Uncommon example of a Pennsylvania truss bridge, built 1909–10 by notable bridge contractor A.Y. Bayne and engineering firm Loweth & Wolff.
58	Towne-Akenson House	Towne-Akenson House	November 15, 1979 (#79001248)	1121 W. 3rd St. 44°33′40″N 92°32′36″W	Red Wing	Red Wing's best preserved example—built in 1875—of the frame Italianate houses built during its 1870s' prosperity. Also a contributing property to the Red Wing Residential Historic District.
59	Vasa Historic District	Vasa Historic District	May 30, 1975 (#75000983)	Off Minnesota Highway 19 44°30′15″N 92°43′01″W	Vasa	Minnesota's most intact Swedish American settlement, established in 1853. 19 contributing properties include a museum housed in the town's original 1861 church.
60	Fred Wallauer Farmhouse	Fred Wallauer Farmhouse	February 12, 1980 (#80004593)	2602 Minnesota 58 44°31′49″N 92°31′27″W	Red Wing vicinity	1882 Italianate farmhouse reflecting the prosperity achieved by many southeast Minnesota farmers in the latter 19th century.
61	Yale Hardware Store	Yale Hardware Store	February 12, 1980 (#80002045)	139 N. 4th St. 44°30′28″N 92°54′20″W	Cannon Falls	1887 Italianate hardware store, representing one of the key agricultural center businesses serving surrounding farmers. Also a contributing property to the Cannon Falls Commercial Historic District.
62	Darwin E. Yale House	Darwin E. Yale House	February 12, 1980 (#80002046)	421 N. 6th St. 44°30′39″N 92°54′28″W	Cannon Falls	1879 Italianate house reflecting the prosperity and importance of a local hardware merchant.
63	Zumbrota Covered Bridge	Zumbrota Covered Bridge	February 20, 1975 (#75000984)	West Ave. over the North Fork of the Zumbro River 44°17′47″N 92°40′13″W	Zumbrota	Last surviving example of Minnesota's few covered bridges, built in 1869. Now the centerpiece of a public park.

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Just C. Gronvold House		April 23, 1973 (#73000977)	June 23, 1993	County Highway 8	Kenyon	1873 Gothic Revival house. Moved in 1991.
2	Dr. Orrin I. Hall House	Dr. Orrin I. Hall House	February 12, 1980 (#80002066)	May 17, 2000	206 W. 3rd St. (original address) Current coordinates are 44°37′54″N 92°50′02″W	Zumbrota	1884 house of southern Goodue County's leading physician (1843–1908). Moved to the Little Log House Pioneer Village in Hastings, Minnesota, in 2000.
3	Kenyon Opera House		February 12, 1980 (#80002047)	October 6, 1995	Main St.	Kenyon	1890 Italianate theater. Demolished in 1994.
4	Julia B. Nelson House		November 15, 1979 (#79001244)	December 8, 2004	219 5th St.	Red Wing	Circa-1880 boardinghouse of an educator and social cause advocate. Demolished in 2004.
5	Roscoe Store		February 12, 1980 (#80002055)	August 2, 2000	County Highway 11	Pine Island vicinity	1907 department store. Demolished in the late 1990s.
6	Wanamingo Township Hall		February 12, 1980 (#80002064)	July 17, 1993	County Highway 1 (original address) Current coordinates are 44°19′40″N 92°52′19″W	Wanamingo vicinity	1860 town hall. Moved across the street in 1990.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

External links

• Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society