National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Minnesota

Location of Cook County in Minnesota

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook 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 14 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 29, 2023. ^[1]

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[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [3]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites	Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites More images	April 14, 1994 (#94000341)	Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove [4] 47°28′41″N90°59′59″W / 47.478089°N 90.999858°W / 47.478089; -90.999858 (Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites)	Schroeder vicinity	Remains of an 1884 wooden bulk freighter and its 1874 schooner-barge consort, associated with the nationally significant Great Lakes iron ore trade and the infamous 1905 Mataafa Storm that sank them. [4]
2	Bally Blacksmith Shop	Bally Blacksmith Shop More images	August 13, 1986 (#86001548)	Broadway and First Streets 47°45′03″N90°19′58″W / 47.750712°N 90.332894°W / 47.750712; -90.332894 (Bally Blacksmith Shop)	Grand Marais	Rare intact and operational example of an early-20th-century blacksmith shop—built in 1911—and a representative of the utilitarian, false-front commercial buildings that once characterized Minnesota's small-town streetscapes. [5] Now maintained by the Cook County Historical Society. [6]
3	Cascade River Wayside	Cascade River Wayside More images	August 4, 2003 (#03000733)	3481 Minnesota Highway 61 47°42′25″N90°31′24″W / 47.706913°N 90.523296°W / 47.706913; -90.523296 (Cascade River Wayside)	Cascade River State Park	Roadside park with eight contributing properties built 1936–38, representative of Minnesota's early state highway recreational development in collaboration with the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Also noted for its National Park Service rustic landscape architecture. [7]
4	Chik Wauk Lodge	Chik Wauk Lodge More images	June 27, 2007 (#07000599)	28 Moose Pond Road 48°10′08″N90°52′51″W / 48.168778°N 90.880913°W / 48.168778; -90.880913 (Chik Wauk Lodge)	Grand Marais vicinity	Well-preserved 1933 lodge representative of the rustic, family-owned fishing resorts that flourished in the Boundary Waters region from the 1920s to the early '60s. [8] Now a museum and nature center. [9]
5	Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic	Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic More images	July 31, 1986 (#86002119)	1382 Minnesota Highway 61 47°45′29″N90°18′43″W / 47.758056°N 90.311944°W / 47.758056; -90.311944 (Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic)	Grand Marais vicinity	1895 church, one of Minnesota's few remaining 19th-century Indian missions and the only surviving structure of the Ojibwe settlement named Chippewa City. [10] Now maintained by the Cook County Historical Society. [11]
6	Clearwater Lodge	Clearwater Lodge	December 2, 1985 (#85003032)	Off County Road 66 48°04′10″N90°22′57″W / 48.069444°N 90.3825°W / 48.069444; -90.3825 (Clearwater Lodge)	Grand Marais vicinity	Resort lodge built 1925–26, the oldest surviving guest accommodations in the Gunflint Trail area and a key representative of Cook County's tourism industry. [12]
7	Cook County Courthouse	Cook County Courthouse More images	May 9, 1983 (#83000902)	411 Second Street 47°45′09″N90°20′21″W / 47.752439°N 90.339273°W / 47.752439; -90.339273 (Cook County Courthouse)	Grand Marais	Courthouse built 1911–12, significant as the longstanding seat of Cook County's government and for its locally distinctive Neoclassical architecture. [13]
8	Fowl Lake Site	Fowl Lake Site	December 30, 1974 (#74001013)	Address restricted [14]	Hovland vicinity	Island site with rare Old Copper Complex resources, dating to around 3000 BCE; the region's most important archaeological site for this little-known Archaic period culture. [15]
9	Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Portage National Monument More images	October 15, 1966 (#66000111)	Off Minnesota Highway 61 within Grand Portage Indian Reservation 47°57′45″N89°41′05″W / 47.962435°N 89.684771°W / 47.962435; -89.684771 (Grand Portage National Monument)	Grand Portage vicinity	Partially reconstructed wilderness headquarters of the North West Company in use 1778–1802, plus the sites of a key portage and its terminal outpost; crucial sites associated with the North American fur trade and the exploration and colonization of the northwest. [16]
10	Height of Land	Height of Land	October 18, 1974 (#74001012)	Between North and South Lake in Superior National Forest 48°06′01″N90°33′58″W / 48.100267°N 90.566037°W / 48.100267; -90.566037 (Height of Land)	Grand Marais vicinity	80-rod (1,300 ft; 400 m) portage on the Laurentian Divide, a key transition between upstream and downstream paddling for voyageurs of the fur trade era, who celebrated its crossing with a ritual rite of passage. [17]
11	Lightkeeper's House	Lightkeeper's House	November 28, 1978 (#78001528)	12 South Broadway 47°44′56″N90°19′58″W / 47.74902°N 90.33272°W / 47.74902; -90.33272 (Lightkeeper's House)	Grand Marais	1896 lighthouse keeper's residence, representative of late-19th-century settlement on the North Shore and its dependence on Lake Superior. [18] Now a historic house museum. [19]
12	Naniboujou Club Lodge	Naniboujou Club Lodge More images	October 21, 1982 (#82000558)	Minnesota Highway 61 47°49′01″N90°02′57″W / 47.816851°N 90.049278°W / 47.816851; -90.049278 (Naniboujou Club Lodge)	Grand Marais vicinity	Lodge built 1928–9 with unique Cree-inspired interior design, stemming from one of the most elaborate recreational developments planned in northern Minnesota. [20]
13	Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse	Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse More images	July 31, 1986 (#86002120)	Minnesota Highway 61 47°32′34″N90°53′42″W / 47.542686°N 90.894871°W / 47.542686; -90.894871 (Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse)	Schroeder vicinity	Lumberjacks' bunkhouse built circa 1900, the last remaining structure of one of the North Shore's largest logging operations, active 1895–1905. [21]
14	Jim Scott Fishhouse	Jim Scott Fishhouse	October 23, 1986 (#86002904)	Minnesota Highway 61 at Fifth Avenue 47°44′56″N90°20′24″W / 47.748823°N 90.339965°W / 47.748823; -90.339965 (Jim Scott Fishhouse)	Grand Marais	1907 processing and storage building representative of the important commercial fishing industry of the upper North Shore. [22]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota

References

1. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved September 29, 2023.
2. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
4. "George Spencer". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
5. Hess, Jeffrey A. (1985-07-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Bally Blacksmith Shop". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
6. "Bally Blacksmith Shop". Cook County Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
7. Granger, Susan; Scott Kelly; Kay Grossman (2003-01-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cascade River Wayside". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
8. Clayton, Wm. J. (2007-04-27). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chik Wauk Lodge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
9. "Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center". Gunflint Trail Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
10. Hess, Jeffrey A. (1985-07-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: St. Francis Xavier Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
11. "Chippewa City Church". Cook County Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
12. Hess, Jeffrey A. (1985-07-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Clearwater Lodge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
13. Gimmestad, Dennis A. (1983-02-16). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cook County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
14. Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC   20706997 .
15. George, Douglas (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Fowl Lake Site (21 CK 1)" (Document). National Park Service.
16. Busch, Thomas P. (1976-04-22). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Grand Portage National Monument". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
17. Miller, David (1973-04-09). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Height of Land". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
18. Nelson, Charles W. (1978-05-11). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Lightkeeper's House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
19. "Cook County History Museum". Cook County Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
20. Nelson, Charles W.; Mark E. Haidet (1982-05-05). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Naniboujou Club Lodge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
21. Hess, Jeffrey A. (1985-07-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
22. Hess, Jeffrey A. (1985-07-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Scott, Jim, Fishhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-24.

External links

• Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society