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The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is located in Little Falls, Minnesota, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Established in 1975, the museum is owned and operated by the Morrison County Historical Society. The building itself was designed in a Greek Revival style to reflect the architectural choices of the county's early settlers. [1]
The Burton-Rosenmeier House is a historic house in Little Falls, Minnesota. Built in 1903 by businessman Barney Burton, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1986, for both its architectural and historical significance. [2] [3] The house now serves as the Little Falls Convention and Visitor Center. [4]
Little Falls is a city and the county seat of Morrison County, Minnesota, United States, near the geographic center of the state. [4] The population was 9,140 at the 2020 census , [ 5 ] up from 8,343 in 2010 .
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser and Musser Houses are historic houses in Little Falls, Minnesota that were the homes of Charles Augustus Weyerhaeuser (1866-1930) and Richard Drew Musser (1865-1958), founders of the Pine Tree Lumber Company, a business that played a major role in the growth of Little Falls, as it built a strong lumber industry within the town.
Little Falls center reopens with twice the space." Star Tribune August 9, 2002. Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh Looks Back: A Boyhood Reminiscence. Minnesota Historical Society Press: St. Paul, 2002. Meyer, Roy W. Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society Press: St. Paul, 1991.
His plan was unsuccessful and in 1855 the Winnebago were moved to the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota. The Little Falls area was first settled in 1848, and platted in 1855. Its growth occurred when the Little Falls Company (later called the Little Falls Manufacturing Company) built a second dam.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1994, for its significance as the historic commercial center of Little Falls. [1] [2] The district comprises 37 buildings on 4 blocks along the intersection of 1st Street SE and Broadway Avenue, an area referred to as "Bank Square".
The Pine Tree Lumber Company was founded in Little Falls between 1890 and 1892 [2] [3] [4] by a sizable number of lumber magnates from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Of these magnates, perhaps the most famous was Frederick Weyerhaeuser. The company was considered his entrance into the Minnesotan lumber market.