Minnesota - Brown County - Historic Districts
Brown County Minnesota (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Flandrau State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources and Schell, August, Brewing Company, New Ulm Commercial Historic District, Sleepy Eye Milling Company and South Broadway Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Brown County historic places including Jacob Pfenninger and Charles Silverson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Brown County places including H. Gerlah, Carl Heers and H. Schapekahm. Prominent architectural styles found in Brown Country are Queen Anne, Italianate and Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

Flandrau State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources (added 1989 - - #89001658)
Also known as Flandrau (Cottonwood River) State Park
Off Co. Hwy. 13 SE of New Ulm , New Ulm
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
New Ulm Commercial Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001438)
Roughly bounded by Minnesota St., bet 1st S and 3rd N Sts. , New Ulm
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Meeting Hall, Museum, Organizational, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Museum, Professional, Specialty Store
Schell, August, Brewing Company (added 1974 - - #74001007)
20th South St. , New Ulm
Sinn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Sleepy Eye Milling Company (added 1991 - - #91000038)
Jct. of Fourth and Oak Sts., NE. , Sleepy Eye
Jatakuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Processing
South Broadway Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001212)
200--308 S. Broadway , New Ulm
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Heers,Carl
Architectural Style:
Second Empire, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Silverson,Charles,et al.
Significant Year:
1906, 1895
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
South German Street Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001217)
110-312 S. German St. , New Ulm
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Pfenninger,Jacob,et al.
Significant Year:
1899, 1884
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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