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The Washington County Historical Society operated from a room at the Stillwater Public Library, collecting county-wide documents, photos, and family histories. [ 1 ] In 1941, the Society purchased the Warden's House Museum in Stillwater from the state, one of the state's oldest buildings and its second oldest continuously operating house museum.
The Washington County Historical Society was organized during a meeting in this building, the original site of the Washington County Free Library, at 21 Summit Ave. in Hagerstown.
The Washington County Historical Society has operated the house since 1941, making it the second-oldest house museum in Minnesota. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Minnesota Territorial/State Prison Warden's House for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture and social history. [ 3 ]
One of Washington County's few remaining 19th-century farmsteads, with an 1871 farmhouse, circa-1875 granary, and circa-1887 barn. [56] 39: State Prison Historic District: State Prison Historic District: July 10, 1986 : 5500 Pickett Ave.
Washington County Historical Society has safeguarded local history for more than a century. A piece of 19th-century student art is the first item in a new preservation program. This article ...
The next 10 days will offer St. George residents a last chance to tour the historic Pioneer Courthouse, the city's oldest standing public building. Visitors invited to historic Washington County ...
The house remained in the Rohrer family until 1944, when it was acquired by the Washington County Historical Society. The restored house was given to the City of Hagerstown in 1954 and opened to the public in 1962 as a historic house museum. [3]
A cannon fragment dating from the Revolutionary War was recently discovered hiding in plain sight not far from where it was originally forged nearly 250 years ago.