List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rock County, Minnesota

Location of Rock County, Minnesota

The list of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rock County , Minnesota lists all structures and historic sites in Rock County that are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Legend

NRHP	Historic Place
HD	Historic District

Current entries

	Surname	image	Entry date	location	place	description
1	Blue Mounds State Park WPA / Rustic Style Historic Resources		1989 ID no. 89001657	Away from US 75 43 ° 43 '2.3 ″  N , 96 ° 11 ′ 21.1 ″  W.	north of Luverne	Five quartzite parking facilities built between 1937 and 1942 as part of the New Deal job creation scheme
2	Bridge No. 1482		1992 ID no. 92000775	Off US 75, south of Luverne 43 ° 37 ′ 29.5 ″  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 42.2 ″  W	Luverne Township	1908 built King Post Truss Bridge, one of the last of its kind in Minnesota; moved from the Rock River to its present location in 1990
3	Bridge No. L-2162		1989 ID no. 89001839	County Road 51 Bridge over Split Rock Creek 43 ° 46 ′ 46.2 ″  N , 96 ° 25 ′ 55.6 ″  W.	Jasper	Concrete arch bridge built in 1907
4th	Bridge No. L-2315		1989 ID no. 89001841	Bridge on Township Road 89 over the Rock River 43 ° 33 ′ 21 ″  N , 96 ° 9 ′ 9 ″  W	Luverne	Reinforced concrete bridge built in 1901
5	Bridge No. L-2316		1989 ID no. 89001843	Bridge on Township Road 89 over the Rock River 43 ° 33 ′ 31 ″  N , 96 ° 9 ′ 9 ″  W	Luverne	Reinforced concrete bridge built in 1906
6th	Bridge No. L-4646		1989 ID no. 89001844	6th Street Bridge over Spring Brook 43 ° 36 ′ 54.8 ″  N , 96 ° 21 ′ 35.3 ″  W.	Beaver Creek	Reinforced concrete bridge built in 1911
7th	First National Bank of Beaver Creek		1980 ID no. 80002148	1st Avenue 43 ° 36'50.2 "  N , 96 ° 21'49.8"  W.	Beaver Creek	Bank built in 1917 in the Classical Revival style
8th	JW Gerber House		1980 ID no. 80002151	324 West Main Street 43 ° 39 ′ 16.7 "  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 51.7"  W.	Luverne	Hardware store built in 1901 in the architectural style known as Colonial Revival
9	RB Hinkly House		1975 ID no. 75001027	217 North Freeman Avenue 43 ° 39 ′ 21.6 "  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 35.9"  W.	Luverne	The quartzite home of the businessman and mayor RB Hikley was built in 1892 in a mix of Queen Anne style and Richardsonian Romanesque
10	Holy Trinity Church-Episcopal		1980 ID no. 80002152	North Cedar and East Luverne Street 43 ° 39 ′ 21.8 ″  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 27.4 ″  W.	Luverne	Church built in 1891 in neo-Gothic style from quartzite
11	Jasper Stone Company and Quarry		1978 ID no. 78001562	Off Sherman Avenue 43 ° 50 ′ 47 ″  N , 96 ° 23 ′ 33 ″  W.	Jasper	Quartzite quarry built in 1890
12	Kenneth School		1980 ID no. 80002150	230 West 1st Avenue 43 ° 45 ′ 15.1 "  N , 96 ° 4 ′ 28.4"  W.	Kenneth	Two-story school building erected in 1901
13	Pierce J. Kniss House		1980 ID no. 80002153	209 North Estey Street 43 ° 39 ′ 20.9 ″  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 42.8 ″  W.	Luverne	Italianate-style house built in 1879 by Pierce J. Kniss , the city's founder
14th	Luverne Carnegie Library		1980 ID no. 80002154	205 North Freeman Avenue 43 ° 39 ′ 19.8 "  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 35.7"  W.	Luverne	Carnegie Library built in 1904 in the Beaux Arts style
15th	Maplewood Chapel		1980 ID no. 80002155	West Warren Street 43 ° 39 ′ 14.9 "  N , 96 ° 13 ′ 53.2"  W.	Luverne	Cemetery chapel built in 1895 in neo-Gothic style
16	Jacob Nuffer Farmstead		1980 ID no. 80002149	County Roads 53 and 57 43 ° 33 ′ 33 ″  N , 96 ° 18 ′ 53 ″  W.	Hills	Farm built in 1872 with a brick farmhouse built in 1890; until 1978 owned by the founding family
17th	Omaha Depot		1980 ID no. 80002156	East Fletcher Street 43 ° 39 ′ 6.2 ″  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 32.5 ″  W.	Luverne	Station building erected in 1913
18th	Palace theater		1980 ID no. 80002157	Main Street and Freeman Avenue 43 ° 39 ′ 14.5 ″  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 33.6 ″  W.	Luverne	Theater built in 1915 in the architectural style known as the Classical Revival with Art Nouveau furnishings; used today as a cinema
19th	Rock County Courthouse and Jail		1977 ID no. 77000769	204 East Brown Street 43 ° 39 ′ 24.4 "  N , 96 ° 12 ′ 25.4"  W.	Luverne	Justice and administration building, including a prison building, built from quartzite in the Richardsonian Romanesque style in 1890

Previous entries

	Surname	image	Entry date	location	place	description
1	Close Brothers Land Company Tenant House		1980 ID no. 80002147	County Highway 5	Beaver Creek	Demolished in 1989 and removed from the register a year later
2	Worthington and Sioux Falls Freight Depot		1980 ID no. 80002158	106 East Fletcher Street 43 ° 34 ′ 50.3 "  N , 96 ° 43 ′ 44.5"  W.	Luverne	Demolished in 1992 and removed from the register a year later

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - Rock County.Retrieved June 17, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} The numbering in this list column is based on the order of the entries presented by the National Park Service ; the colors distinguish different types of protected areas of the National Park System with national significance (e.g. National Historic Landmarks ) from the other entries in the National Register of Historic Places .
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved July 9, 2010.
4. ↑ NRHP form (PDF; 340 kB) Retrieved on June 17, 2013
5. ↑ Minnesota's Historic Bridges - Bridge No. 1482 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2013 
6. ↑ Minnesota's Historic Bridges - ridge No. L-2162 ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2013 
7. ↑ NRHP form (PDF; 479 kB) Retrieved on June 17, 2013

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