Minnesota - Olmsted County - Historic Districts
Olmsted County Minnesota (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Mayowood Historic District, Benike Family Farmstead, Mayowood Historic District and Stoppel, George, Farmstead and Pill Hill Residential Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Olmsted County places including Harold Crawford and Garfield Schwartz. Prominent architectural styles found in Olmsted Country are Colonial Revival, Prairie School and Tudor Revival.

Benike Family Farmstead (added 2009 - - #09000407)
5209 Co. Rd. 21 NE. , Elgin
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
Mayowood Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000306)
Also known as Mayowood;Big House
3720 Mayowood Rd. S.W. , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1910
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Museum, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Pill Hill Residential Historic District (added 1990 - - #85003768)
Also known as See Also:Mayo, Dr. William J., House
Roughly bounded by 3rd and 9th Sts. and 7th and 10th Aves. SW , Rochester
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schwartz,Garfield, Crawford,Harold
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Prairie School
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Pine Hill Residential Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003762)
Roughly Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Aves. SW between Third and Eighth Sts. SW , Rochester
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Owner:
Private
Stoppel, George, Farmstead (added 1975 - - #75001000)
Also known as George Stoppel/Dodge Farm
Co. Hwys. 25 and 122 , Rochester
Myotus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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