| The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide Contributor(s): Nord, Mary Ann (Compiled by), Millett, Larry (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0873514483 ISBN-13: 9780873514484 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Minnesotans can boast of a tresure trove of historic buildings, landmarks, and sites in our state. This new guide, useful for travel or armchair research, lists the more than 1,500 historic properties in our state on the famed National Register of Historic Places, the official list of historic properties in the United States that have been deemed worthy of preservation. Produced by Minnesota's State Historic Preservation Office, this comprehensive, illustrated guide includes the districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant to the state's history, architecture, archaeology, enginnering, and culture. A country-by-county inventory presents descriptive information for each property including name, location, date, architectural style and designer, original owner, and entertaining historical sidelights. From churches to water towers, lighthouses to shipwrecks, a gas station to a fur-trade depot, this book delivers the wealth and variety of Minnesota's history into your hands. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Midwest - General - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest - Architecture | Historic Preservation - General |
| Dewey: 977.6 |
| LCCN: 2003000004 |
| Series: Minnesota |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 4.58" W x 7.94" (0.72 lbs) 335 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: Minnesotans can boast of a treasure trove of historic buildings, landmarks, and sites in our state. This comprehensive guide, useful for travel or armchair research, lists the more than 1,500 historic properties in our state on the famed National Register of Historic Places, the official list of historic properties in the United States that have been deemed worthy of preservation. Produced by Minnesota's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), this comprehensive, illustrated guide includes the districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant to the state's history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. A county-by-county inventory presents descriptive information for each property including name, location, date, architectural style and designer, original owner, and entertaining historical sidelights. From churches to water towers, lighthouses to shipwrecks, a gas station to a fur-trade depot, this book delivers the wealth and variety of Minnesota's history into your hands. |