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The Jeffers Petroglyphs site is an outcrop in southwestern Minnesota with pre-contact Native American petroglyphs. The petroglyphs are pecked into rock of the Red Rock Ridge, a 23-mile (37 km)-long Sioux quartzite outcrop that extends from Watonwan County, Minnesota to Brown County, Minnesota. The exposed surface is approximately 150 by 650 ...
Photograph of Harold H. Crawford circa 1920. Image courtesy of History Center of Olmsted County. Harold Hamilton Crawford (April 6, 1888 - May 8, 1981) was an American architect known for his contributions to early 20th-century architecture in the Midwest, particularly in Rochester, Minnesota, with a long career spanning from 1916-1965. [1]
Circa-1875 example of the timber-framed, three-bay barns built during a decade of increased agriculture in Olmsted County and a shift from wheat to diversified farming across southeast Minnesota. [6] 4: John G. Bush House: John G. Bush House: July 2, 1980 : 223 East Center Street
The History Center of Olmsted County (HCOC) is a non-profit organization located in Rochester, Minnesota, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of Olmsted County. Founded in 1926 as the Olmsted County Historical Society. [1] [2]
Southwest Minnesota's largest and most elaborately appointed early-20th-century church, built 1920–21 with Neoclassical and Baroque Revival influences, conveying its importance as a religious and cultural center. [51] 2: District No. 92 School: District No. 92 School: October 27, 1988 : County Highway 9
Blackduck Area History And Arts Center; North Beltrami Heritage Center; Benton County. Benton County Historical Society; Sartell Historical Society; Big Stone County, Minnesota. Big Stone County Historical Society; Blue Earth County. Blue Earth County Historical Society; Betsy-Tacy Society; Madison Lake Area Historical Society; Rapidan Heritage ...
Pill Hill is a National Register of Historic Places district southwest of downtown Rochester, Minnesota. The neighborhood encompasses many old houses built on a limestone bluff for staff of the nearby Mayo Clinic, which led to the name. The boundaries of Pill Hill are roughly 3rd and 9th Streets and 7th and 10th Avenues Southwest.
Olmsted County is a fairly unusual mix of urban and rural areas in that there's no transition or buffer between the two environments. Rochester, Minnesota's third-largest city with roughly 118,000 people, sits in the Zumbro River valley at the center of the county. Outside the valley, with the exception of a small amount of urban growth in the ...