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St. Croix Lumber Mills
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Stillwater Manufacturing Company

Stillwater National Historic District

 
 
St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company Marker image. Click for more information.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2014
1. St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company Marker
Stillwater Commercial Historic District
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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Inscription.
This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & ForestryIndustry & Commerce.
 
Location. 45° 3.583′ N, 92° 48.45′ W. Marker is in Stillwater, Minnesota, in Washington County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 95) north of Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 318 North Main Street, Stillwater MN 55082, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Warden's House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); See You on the Trail / From Small Springs (about 700 feet away); Indian Battleground (approx. 0.2 miles away); 114 North Main Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Connolly Shoe Company Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); 226 East Myrtle Street (approx. Ό mile away); 1884 Upper St. Croix River Log Jam (approx. Ό mile away); 1965 Easter Sunday Floodwater Crest (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stillwater.
 
Regarding St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company. The mill building is listed
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on the Minnesota Historical Society's National Register properties list, but the form is a state form, not a National Register nomination. It is unclear if the mill was later appended to the Stillwater Commercial Historic District, as the marker suggests.
 
St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company image. Click for more information.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2014
2. St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company
Marker is to right of main entrance at right side of photo
Minnesota Historic Properties Registration Form:
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Isaac Staples Mill Complex (#13) Detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Unknown, 1879
3. Isaac Staples Mill Complex (#13) Detail
From Bird's Eye map on interior of McDonald's in Stillwater
Isaac Staples Monument in Fairview Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2014
4. Isaac Staples Monument in Fairview Cemetery
Isaac Staples Monument in Fairview Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2014
5. Isaac Staples Monument in Fairview Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 796 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 5, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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