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Stillwater was officially incorporated as a city on March 4, 1854 (the same day as St. Paul). [citation needed] Stillwater is often called the "birthplace of Minnesota". [5] In 1848, a territorial convention that began the process of establishing Minnesota as a state was held in Stillwater, at the corner of Myrtle and Main streets.
Located near Scandia, Minnesota, the Hay Lake School Museum was built in 1872 and served as a one-room schoolhouse for over 80 years. Preserved in its original condition, the schoolhouse offers visitors a chance to experience a typical rural classroom setting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It was nominated as a leading example of the early wayside rests developed by the Minnesota Department of Highways Roadside Development Division, as well as for its sophisticated and well-preserved National Park Service rustic architecture, and for being an important work of Minnesota landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols.
The St. Croix Boom Site is a historic and scenic wayside on the St. Croix River in Stillwater Township, Minnesota, United States.It commemorates the location of a critical log boom where, from 1856 to 1914, timber from upriver was sorted and stored before being dispatched to sawmills downstream.
The Stillwater Commercial Historic District encompasses 11 downtown blocks in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 63 contributing properties built from the 1860s to 1940. [2] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and ...
Ivory McKusick. The Ivory McKusick House is a historic house in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, completed in 1872 for Ivory McKusick (1827–1906).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. [3]
Stillwater Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota Coordinates: 45°4′54″N 92°49′7″W / 45.08167°N 92.81861°W / 45.08167; -92
Soon he was part-owner of the St. Croix Log Boom and managing the local interests of Minnesota's leading lumber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser. Sauntry married Eunice Tozer, the daughter of a business partner, in 1881—around the same time he commissioned a house in Stillwater's North Hill neighborhood.