- National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock County, Minnesota
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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 October 25, 1989 Off U.S. Route 75 north of Luverne
43°43′10″N 96°11′38″W / 43.719444°N 96.193889°WLuverne 2 Bridge No. 1482 June 25, 1992 Off U.S. Route 75 south of Luverne, Schoneman Park
43°37′45″N 96°12′36″W / 43.629167°N 96.21°WLuverne Township One of the last king post truss bridges in Minnesota[2]:60; see Profile 3 Bridge No. L-2162 November 6, 1989 County Road 51 over Split Rock Creek
43°46′46″N 96°25′54″W / 43.779444°N 96.431667°WJasper Small concrete arch bridge designed by Perley N. Gillham with Classical Revival design elements[2]:121-122; see Profile 4 Bridge No. L-2315 November 6, 1989 Township Road 89 over the Rock River
43°33′21″N 96°09′09″W / 43.555833°N 96.1525°WLuverne 5 Bridge No. L-2316 November 6, 1989 Township Road 89 over the Rock River
43°33′31″N 96°09′09″W / 43.558611°N 96.1525°WLuverne 6 Bridge No. L-4646 November 6, 1989 6th St. over Spring Brook
43°36′55″N 96°21′34″W / 43.615278°N 96.359444°WBeaver Creek Perley N. Gillham barrel-arch reinforced concrete bridge[2]:122 7 First National Bank of Beaver Creek March 18, 1980 1st Ave.
43°36′50″N 96°21′47″W / 43.613889°N 96.363056°WBeaver 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 March 18, 1980 324 W. Main St.
43°39′20″N 96°12′40″W / 43.655556°N 96.211111°WLuverne Colonial Revival house built by an affluent hardware retailer[3] 9 R.B. Hinkly House June 10, 1975 217 N. Freeman Ave.
43°39′22″N 96°12′34″W / 43.656111°N 96.209444°WLuverne 1892 quartzite house[3] 10 Holy Trinity Church-Episcopal March 18, 1980 N. Cedar and E. Luverne Sts.
43°39′20″N 96°12′40″W / 43.655556°N 96.211111°WLuverne 1891 quartzite church[3] 11 Jasper Stone Company and Quarry January 5, 1978 Off Sherman Ave.
43°50′47″N 96°23′33″W / 43.846389°N 96.3925°WJasper Quartzite quarrying operation started in 1890[3] 12 Kenneth School March 18, 1980 230 W. 1st Ave.
43°45′15″N 96°04′27″W / 43.754167°N 96.074167°WKenneth Only remaining rural two-story frame schoolhouse in Rock County[3] 13 Pierce J. Kniss House March 18, 1980 209 N. Estey St.
43°39′20″N 96°12′40″W / 43.655556°N 96.211111°WLuverne 1879 Italian Villa style house; Kniss platted the townsite of Luverne and was the leading entrepreneur of the county[3] 14 Luverne Carnegie Library March 18, 1980 205 N. Freeman Ave.
43°39′19″N 96°12′34″W / 43.655278°N 96.209444°WLuverne 15 Maplewood Chapel March 18, 1980 W. Warren St.
43°39′15″N 96°13′52″W / 43.654167°N 96.231111°WLuverne Gothic Revival house; one of the few examples of "high style" in the county[3] 16 Jacob Nuffer Farmstead March 18, 1980 County Roads 53 and 57
43°33′33″N 96°18′53″W / 43.559167°N 96.314722°WHills Rare brick farmstead building in an area where most are wood; still owned by the Nuffer family in 1978[3] 17 Omaha Depot March 18, 1980 E. Fletcher St.
43°39′06″N 96°12′31″W / 43.651667°N 96.208611°WLuverne Combination freight and passenger depot, functioning as an important transportation link in the area[3] 18 Palace Theater March 18, 1980 Main St. and Freeman Ave.
43°39′15″N 96°12′33″W / 43.654167°N 96.209167°WLuverne 1915 small town theater with notable interior design; still operating as a movie house[3] 19 Rock County Courthouse and Jail April 18, 1977 204 E. Brown
43°39′24″N 96°12′24″W / 43.656667°N 96.206667°WLuverne References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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