National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota
# National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.

There are 25 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including one National Historic Landmark. A supplementary list includes five additional sites that were formerly on the National Register. Many of the county's listings are associated with the Mayo Clinic, an influential hospital and medical research facility founded in 1889.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 14, 2023.

## Current listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Avalon Hotel | Avalon Hotel | March 19, 1982 (#82002992) | 301 North Broadway 44°01′35″N 92°27′48″W﻿ / ﻿44.026453°N 92.463291°W﻿ / 44.026453; -92.463291﻿ (Avalon Hotel) | Rochester | 1919 hotel dating to a guest accommodation boom fueled by Mayo Clinic patients. Later Rochester's only hotel open to Black patients and travelers, reflecting the diverse but segregated clientele the clinic brought to an otherwise homogeneous Midwestern town. |
| 2 | Dr. Donald C. Balfour House | Dr. Donald C. Balfour House More images | July 21, 2004 (#04000723) | 427 6th Avenue SW 44°01′06″N 92°28′19″W﻿ / ﻿44.018416°N 92.471858°W﻿ / 44.018416; -92.471858﻿ (Dr. Donald C. Balfour House) | Rochester | 1910 home of Dr. Donald Balfour (1882–1963), nationally recognized surgeon, Mayo Clinic partner, and founder of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. |
| 3 | Benike Family Barn | Benike Family Barn More images | October 7, 2011 (#09000407) | 5209 County Road 21 NE 44°08′15″N 92°22′30″W﻿ / ﻿44.137379°N 92.374927°W﻿ / 44.137379; -92.374927﻿ (Benike Family Barn) | Farmington Township | 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. |
| 4 | John G. Bush House | John G. Bush House | July 2, 1980 (#80004531) | 223 East Center Street 43°58′29″N 92°08′11″W﻿ / ﻿43.974676°N 92.136428°W﻿ / 43.974676; -92.136428﻿ (John G. Bush House) | Dover | Well-preserved example of Olmsted County's small-town Italianate houses, built c. 1877 for a prosperous farmer turned merchant. |
| 5 | Chateau Dodge Theatre | Chateau Dodge Theatre More images | July 17, 1980 (#80002098) | 15 1st Street SW 44°01′22″N 92°27′50″W﻿ / ﻿44.022803°N 92.463962°W﻿ / 44.022803; -92.463962﻿ (Chateau Dodge Theatre) | Rochester | 1927 atmospheric theatre noted for its Châteauesque façade, fanciful Medieval Revival interior, and long use as a cinema. |
| 6 | Coan House | Coan House | July 2, 1980 (#80004532) | 118 West 5th Street 43°59′04″N 92°14′00″W﻿ / ﻿43.984368°N 92.23343°W﻿ / 43.984368; -92.23343﻿ (Coan House) | Eyota | Elaborately ornamented house built circa 1888; one of the best preserved examples of Olmsted County's relatively small stock of Victorian residences. |
| 7 | Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association | Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association | July 2, 1980 (#80004533) | 222 Washington Avenue S. 43°59′10″N 92°13′36″W﻿ / ﻿43.986075°N 92.226798°W﻿ / 43.986075; -92.226798﻿ (Eyota Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association) | Eyota | 1924 Period Revival creamery, a distinctive emblem of Olmsted County's cooperative dairy industry. |
| 8 | Frank's Ford Bridge | Frank's Ford Bridge | July 8, 1980 (#80004534) | County Road 121 over the South Branch of the Zumbro River 44°07′47″N 92°27′45″W﻿ / ﻿44.129628°N 92.462584°W﻿ / 44.129628; -92.462584﻿ (Frank's Ford Bridge) | Oronoco Township | 1895 through truss bridge significant for its association with Horace E. Horton (1843–1912), a bridge builder who began his career in Olmsted County and founded the regional Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in 1889. |
| 9 | Christoph Krause Farmstead | Christoph Krause Farmstead | October 10, 1980 (#80002097) | County Highway 30 43°57′31″N 92°08′17″W﻿ / ﻿43.958611°N 92.138056°W﻿ / 43.958611; -92.138056﻿ (Christoph Krause Farmstead) | Dover Township | Well-preserved farmstead with an Italianate house and large barn dating to the 1870s, exemplifying rural Olmsted County's prosperous 19th-century farms. |
| 10 | Maass and McAndrew Company Building | Maass and McAndrew Company Building More images | May 24, 2016 (#16000278) | 12-14 4th Street SW 44°01′09″N 92°27′50″W﻿ / ﻿44.019298°N 92.463763°W﻿ / 44.019298; -92.463763﻿ (Maass and McAndrew Company Building) | Rochester | Home of a mechanical contracting firm in operation 1909–1929, significant for designing and constructing much of the specialized equipment and facilities that helped boost the Mayo Clinic to national prominence. |
| 11 | Mayo Clinic Building | Mayo Clinic Building More images | August 4, 1969 (#69000075) | 110 and 115 2nd Avenue SW 44°01′19″N 92°27′56″W﻿ / ﻿44.02189°N 92.465548°W﻿ / 44.02189; -92.465548﻿ (Mayo Clinic Building) | Rochester | Also known as the Plummer Building, the 1928 headquarters of the influential Mayo Clinic. |
| 12 | Dr. William J. Mayo House | Dr. William J. Mayo House More images | March 26, 1975 (#75001001) | 701 4th Street SW 44°01′11″N 92°28′25″W﻿ / ﻿44.019735°N 92.473748°W﻿ / 44.019735; -92.473748﻿ (Dr. William J. Mayo House) | Rochester | Tudor Revival mansion built 1916–17 for Mayo Clinic co-founder Dr. William James Mayo (1861–1939). Became the Mayo Foundation House in 1938. |
| 13 | Mayowood Historic District | Mayowood Historic District More images | September 22, 1970 (#70000306) | 3720 Mayowood Road SW 43°59′40″N 92°31′09″W﻿ / ﻿43.994536°N 92.519163°W﻿ / 43.994536; -92.519163﻿ (Mayowood Historic District) | Rochester | 10-acre (4 ha) estate dating to 1911 of Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939) and his son Charles William Mayo (1898–1968), significant for its architecture and association with the Mayo Clinic. Now a museum. |
| 14 | Oronoco School | Oronoco School | July 2, 1980 (#80004536) | County Highway 18 44°09′43″N 92°32′02″W﻿ / ﻿44.161972°N 92.533963°W﻿ / 44.161972; -92.533963﻿ (Oronoco School) | Oronoco | School in use 1875–1926, a well-preserved example of institutional Italianate architecture and education in Minnesota's rural communities. |
| 15 | Pill Hill Residential Historic District | Pill Hill Residential Historic District More images | November 29, 1990 (#85003768) | Roughly bounded by 3rd and 9th Streets and 7th and 10th Avenues SW 44°01′02″N 92°28′32″W﻿ / ﻿44.0171°N 92.475545°W﻿ / 44.0171; -92.475545﻿ (Pill Hill Residential Historic District) | Rochester | 15-block neighborhood long fashionable among Rochester's numerous medical professionals, with 133 contributing properties exhibiting the architectural styles popular in the first three decades of the 20th century. |
| 16 | Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge | Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge | October 10, 1980 (#80002102) | Off County Highway 1 43°52′12″N 92°23′04″W﻿ / ﻿43.870078°N 92.384482°W﻿ / 43.870078; -92.384482﻿ (Pleasant Grove Masonic Lodge) | Pleasant Grove | Both the oldest purpose-built and continuously used Masonic Temple in Minnesota, built in 1868; with a first floor community hall long serving as the area's social center. |
| 17 | Henry S. Plummer House | Henry S. Plummer House More images | May 21, 1975 (#75001002) | 1091 Plummer Lane 44°00′38″N 92°28′47″W﻿ / ﻿44.010657°N 92.479789°W﻿ / 44.010657; -92.479789﻿ (Henry S. Plummer House) | Rochester | Tudor Revival estate built 1917–1924 for pivotal Mayo Clinic doctor and architect Henry Stanley Plummer (1874–1936). Also a contributing property to the Pill Hill Residential Historic District. Now a city park and event center. |
| 18 | Rochester Armory | Rochester Armory | December 2, 1980 (#80004268) | 121 North Broadway 44°01′31″N 92°27′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.025139°N 92.463491°W﻿ / 44.025139; -92.463491﻿ (Rochester Armory) | Rochester | Prominent 1915 example of the medieval fortress design popular for early-20th-century armories, and the local focus of Minnesota National Guard activity into the 1970s. |
| 19 | Rochester Public Library | Rochester Public Library More images | July 2, 1980 (#80004537) | 226 2nd Street SW 44°01′17″N 92°28′01″W﻿ / ﻿44.02134°N 92.466991°W﻿ / 44.02134; -92.466991﻿ (Rochester Public Library) | Rochester | Well-crafted and preserved example of an urban Public Works Administration project, built 1936–37. Now the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine's Mitchell Student Center. |
| 20 | St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead | St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead More images | July 2, 1980 (#80004538) | County Highway 104 44°01′29″N 92°33′22″W﻿ / ﻿44.024704°N 92.556085°W﻿ / 44.024704; -92.556085﻿ (St. Mary's Hospital Dairy Farmstead) | Rochester vicinity | Massive 1923 barn built to supply pasteurized milk to the expanding patient population of St. Mary's Hospital. |
| 21 | George Stoppel Farmstead | George Stoppel Farmstead More images | May 12, 1975 (#75001000) | 1195 W. Circle Drive 44°00′29″N 92°30′36″W﻿ / ﻿44.008045°N 92.509962°W﻿ / 44.008045; -92.509962﻿ (George Stoppel Farmstead) | Rochester | Locally rare surviving mid-19th-century farmstead complex with three architecturally distinctive buildings. Preserved on the grounds of the History Center of Olmsted County. |
| 22 | Toogood Barns | Toogood Barns | June 26, 1975 (#75001003) | 615 16th Street SW 44°00′01″N 92°28′21″W﻿ / ﻿44.000194°N 92.472553°W﻿ / 44.000194; -92.472553﻿ (Toogood Barns) | Rochester | Interconnected stone barns built circa 1870; one of Minnesota's finest surviving masonry farm complexes and a symbol of its New Englander pioneers. |
| 23 | Viola Cooperative Creamery | Viola Cooperative Creamery | November 12, 1999 (#99001310) | 10500 Viola Road NE 44°03′52″N 92°16′11″W﻿ / ﻿44.064534°N 92.269599°W﻿ / 44.064534; -92.269599﻿ (Viola Cooperative Creamery) | Viola | Creamery in operation 1924–1948, representing the cooperative dairy movement of the first half of the 20th century and the heyday of small, specialty creameries. |
| 24 | Milo White House | Milo White House | March 19, 1982 (#82002991) | 122 Burr Oak Street 43°51′02″N 92°11′18″W﻿ / ﻿43.850521°N 92.18836°W﻿ / 43.850521; -92.18836﻿ (Milo White House) | Chatfield | Elaborate Queen Anne house built 1883–84 for settler and politician Milo White (1830–1913). |
| 25 | Timothy A. Whiting House | Timothy A. Whiting House More images | December 4, 1980 (#80004269) | 225 1st Avenue NW 44°01′34″N 92°27′54″W﻿ / ﻿44.026035°N 92.464898°W﻿ / 44.026035; -92.464898﻿ (Timothy A. Whiting House) | Rochester | Well-preserved example of an Italianate house, built in 1875 during Rochester's initial development as a center of agricultural commerce. Now the Heritage House Victorian Museum. |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot | Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot | December 4, 1980 (#80004267) | November 13, 1987 | 88 South Park Avenue and 130 South Park Avenue (original address) Current coordinates are 44°01′08″N 92°27′41″W﻿ / ﻿44.018984°N 92.461361°W﻿ / 44.018984; -92.461361﻿ (Chicago Great Western Railroad Company Depot) | Rochester | 1900 Chicago Great Western Railway depot. Moved in 1987. |
| 2 | Cutting Barn | Upload image | October 22, 1980 (#80002099) | May 4, 1984 | 3210 19th Street, N.W. | Rochester | 1868 limestone barn of a prosperous early farm. Destroyed by an accidental fire on January 24, 1982. |
| 3 | Hotel Zumbro | Hotel Zumbro | October 10, 1980 (#80002100) | March 28, 1988 | 101 First Avenue, S.W. | Rochester | 1912 hotel catering to Mayo Clinic patients and their families. Demolished by owners in 1987 to make way for a modern replacement. |
| 4 | Charles H. Mayo House | Upload image | July 2, 1980 (#80004535) | September 25, 1987 | 419 Fourth Street, S.W. | Rochester | 1903 house of Dr. Charles Horace Mayo. Demolished as a condition of land sale back to the Mayo Clinic in 1987. |
| 5 | Pierce House | Pierce House More images | July 21, 1980 (#80002101) | November 7, 2016 | 426 Second Avenue, S.W. 44°01′06″N 92°27′56″W﻿ / ﻿44.018363°N 92.465634°W﻿ / 44.018363; -92.465634﻿ (Pierce House) | Rochester | 1877 brick Italianate hotel which became a nursing school and later apartments. Demolished June 5, 2007. |
