National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Martin 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.

Location of Martin County in Minnesota

There are nine properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Six of them are in Fairmont, the county seat; the rest are in or near Sherburn.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 28, 2024.[1]

Current listings

[2]Name on the RegisterImageDate listed[3]Location City or townDescription
1Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House
Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House
May 18, 1995
(#95000616)
209 Lake Ave.
43°39′13″N 94°27′55″W / 43.653652°N 94.465296°W / 43.653652; -94.465296 (Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House)
FairmontFairmont's oldest surviving house, built in 1867; associated with the town's founding and the broader settlement of southern Minnesota by New Englanders.[4] Restored to period condition for tours and events.[5]
2Fairmont Opera House
Fairmont Opera House
July 2, 1980
(#80004530)
Downtown Plaza and Blue Earth Ave.
43°39′07″N 94°27′43″W / 43.651944°N 94.461944°W / 43.651944; -94.461944 (Fairmont Opera House)
Fairmont1901 theater, a well-preserved and longstanding venue for cultural and social events.[6]
3First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist
May 19, 1988
(#88000594)
222 Blue Earth Ave., E.
43°39′07″N 94°27′35″W / 43.651947°N 94.459642°W / 43.651947; -94.459642 (First Church of Christ, Scientist)
Fairmont1898 church noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque design by Harry Wild Jones and the unusual emergence of a Christian Science congregation in a small town soon after the movement's founding.[7] Now the Red Rock Center for the Arts.[8]
4Fox Lake Site
Fox Lake Site
April 8, 1994
(#94000339)
Weber Island in Fox Lake[9]
43°40′40″N 94°43′12″W / 43.677778°N 94.720000°W / 43.677778; -94.720000 (Fox Lake Site)
Sherburn vicinityFirst prehistoric habitation site in southwest Minnesota excavated by professional archaeologists, and the type site for the region's early Woodland Period phase.[10]
5Martin County Courthouse
Martin County Courthouse
September 22, 1977
(#77000755)
201 Lake Ave.
43°39′11″N 94°27′54″W / 43.652952°N 94.464993°W / 43.652952; -94.464993 (Martin County Courthouse)
FairmontCourthouse built 1906–7, exemplifying the Renaissance/Baroque Revival influence on turn-of-the-20th-century public buildings through its design by architect Charles E. Bell and its interior artwork.[11]
6Sherburn Commercial Historic District
Sherburn Commercial Historic District
August 3, 1987
(#87001303)
Main St., N., between Front and 2nd Sts.
43°39′13″N 94°43′39″W / 43.653483°N 94.727546°W / 43.653483; -94.727546 (Sherburn Commercial Historic District)
SherburnTwo-block downtown historic district representing turn-of-the-20th-century commercial architecture and Sherburn's emergence as a railroad-based trade center, with 15 buildings constructed 1898–1908.[12]
7Sherburn Community Building
Sherburn Community Building
October 25, 2021
(#100007072)
116 North Main St.
43°39′14″N 94°43′39″W / 43.6540°N 94.7274°W / 43.6540; -94.7274 (Sherburn Community Building)
Sherburn1940 municipal theater and meeting hall, Sherburn's first indoor public event venue and only example of Art Deco architecture.[13]
8United States Post Office
United States Post Office
May 12, 2008
(#08000403)
51–55 Downtown Plaza
43°39′08″N 94°27′43″W / 43.652346°N 94.462059°W / 43.652346; -94.462059 (United States Post Office)
Fairmont1926 federal post office that transformed local life by facilitating the shipment of agricultural products and mail-order goods via parcel post, and by anchoring a new business district in Fairmont.[14]
9George Wohlheter House
George Wohlheter House
June 20, 1975
(#75000994)
320 Woodland Ave.
43°38′48″N 94°28′04″W / 43.646595°N 94.467781°W / 43.646595; -94.467781 (George Wohlheter House)
FairmontFairmont's most prominent residence, built in 1899 in transitional Queen Anne/Neoclassical architecture.[15]

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