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Location of Swift County in Minnesota

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


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[1]

Current listings

[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed[3] Location City or town Description
1 Appleton City Hall
Appleton City Hall
Appleton City Hall
June 17, 1977
(#77000770)
23 South Miles Street
45°11′59″N 96°01′09″W / 45.199762°N 96.019105°W / 45.199762; -96.019105 (Appleton City Hall)
Appleton One of rural western Minnesota's few monumental 19th-century buildings, constructed in 1895; noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and long civic use.[4]
2 Christ Church-Episcopal
Christ Church-Episcopal
Christ Church-Episcopal
August 15, 1985
(#85001761)
310 13th Street North
45°18′57″N 95°35′57″W / 45.315787°N 95.599184°W / 45.315787; -95.599184 (Christ Church-Episcopal)
Benson Benson's oldest church, built in early Gothic Revival style in 1879, symbolizing the missionary efforts of the Episcopal Church in rural Minnesota and the city's English and New Englander settlers.[5]
3 Church of St. Bridget-Catholic
Church of St. Bridget-Catholic
Church of St. Bridget-Catholic
August 15, 1985
(#85001768)
501 3rd Street South
45°15′33″N 95°28′09″W / 45.259195°N 95.469059°W / 45.259195; -95.469059 (Church of St. Bridget-Catholic)
De Graff Large 1901 church anchoring the first parish established during Archbishop John Ireland's major drive to resettle Catholics in western Minnesota. Also noted as a rare outstate church designed by Saint Paul architect Edward J. Donahue.[6]
4 Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic
Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic
Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic
August 15, 1985
(#85001753)
508 13th Street North
45°19′06″N 95°35′52″W / 45.318299°N 95.597639°W / 45.318299; -95.597639 (Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholic)
Benson One of west-central Minnesota's most architecturally sophisticated churches, designed in Renaissance Revival style by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray and built in 1917 for a parish of Swift County's substantial Catholic population.[7]
5 Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Gethsemane Episcopal Church
Gethsemane Episcopal Church
July 20, 2011
(#11000469)
40 North Hering Street
45°12′03″N 96°01′02″W / 45.200747°N 96.017214°W / 45.200747; -96.017214 (Gethsemane Episcopal Church)
Appleton 1879 church representing the westernmost expansion of the Episcopal Church in southern Minnesota under Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple.[8]
6 Monson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources
Monson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources
Monson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources
October 25, 1989
(#89001666)
Off County Road 95 southeast of Sunburg
45°19′16″N 95°16′31″W / 45.32106°N 95.275261°W / 45.32106; -95.275261 (Monson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources)
Sunburg vicinity Early and largely unchanged memorial park with two buildings constructed 1937–38, significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, early Minnesota state park development, and NPS Rustic architecture.[9]
7 Sabin S. Murdock House
Sabin S. Murdock House
Sabin S. Murdock House
August 15, 1985
(#85001752)
Clara Avenue
45°13′26″N 95°23′26″W / 45.223958°N 95.390513°W / 45.223958; -95.390513 (Sabin S. Murdock House)
Murdock West-central Minnesota's most prominent house of a single individual who established and promoted a rural townsite, the 1878 home of Murdock's founder Sabin S. Murdock (1830–1900).[10]
8 Swift County Courthouse
Swift County Courthouse
Swift County Courthouse
September 19, 1977
(#77000771)
301 14th Street North
45°19′01″N 95°36′04″W / 45.317077°N 95.601131°W / 45.317077; -95.601131 (Swift County Courthouse)
Benson 1898 courthouse, the longstanding seat of Swift County government and an exemplary late-19th-century Richardsonian Romanesque public building.[11]
9 Christian F. Uytendale Farmstead
Christian F. Uytendale Farmstead
Christian F. Uytendale Farmstead
September 5, 1985
(#85001989)
Off County Highway 25
45°23′10″N 95°34′19″W / 45.38622°N 95.571922°W / 45.38622; -95.571922 (Christian F. Uytendale Farmstead)
Benson vicinity One of Swift County's first and most prominent farmsteads, established in 1868 and owned 1879–1902 by a wealthy Danish immigrant, who added an 1887 farmhouse with regionally unique ethnic design features.[12]

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References

  1. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
  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. ^ Spaeth, Lynn VanBrocklin; Fred Shank (1976-10-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Appleton City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ^ Granger, Susan (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Christ Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  6. ^ Granger, Susan (November 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Church of St. Bridget". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  7. ^ Granger, Susan (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Church of St. Francis Xavier". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  8. ^ Granger, Susan; Scott Kelly (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Gethsemane Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2013-07-02. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ Anderson, Rolf T. (1988-08-24). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Monson Lake State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  10. ^ Granger, Susan (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Sabin S. Murdock House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  11. ^ Spaeth, Lynn VanBrocklin (1979-10-29). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Swift County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ Granger, Susan (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Christian F. Uytendale Farmstead". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-17. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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