This is a List of Registered Historic Places in Scott County, Minnesota.
Scott County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, bounded on the northwest side by the Minnesota River, on the east by Dakota County, and on the south by Rice and Le Sueur Counties. Its historic sites convey the county's significant historical trends, representing the earliest Native American inhabitants of the region, likely dating back thousands of years, pre-contact and post-contact Dakotah people, and white settlers. The white settlers hailed most notably from Bohemia (now Czech Republic), Ireland, and Germany, building homes, businesses, and trades. The sites include breweries, mills, commerce buildings, and a spa, as well as buildings and sites of religious function.
| [2] | Registered Historic Place name[3] | Image | Date listed[3] | Location | City or Town | Summary |
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| 1 | Abraham Bisson House | 1980-04-17 | County Road 57 |
Jordan | the home of Abraham Bisson (1827-1902) | |
| 2 | Church of St. Wenceslaus (New Prague, Minnesota) | 1982-02-19 | East Main Street |
New Prague | a Catholic Church attended by Czech immigrants | |
| 3 | Julius A. Coller House | 1980-04-17 | 434 South Lewis Street |
Shakopee | the home of Julius A. Coller who served as Scott County attorney, bank president, and state senator (1899-1914). He facilitated getting the Women's Reformatory located in Shakopee. | |
| 4 | Early Shakopee Houses | 1980-04-17 | 411 and 419 East 2nd Avenue |
Shakopee | two historic houses | |
| 5 | Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration | 1980-04-17 | Walnut and Church Streets |
Belle Plaine | 1868 Prairie Gothic church | |
| 6 | Foss and Wells House | 1980-04-17 | 613 South Broadway Street |
Jordan | the home of Foss and Wells, who operated a nearby flour and gristmill | |
| 7 | Hooper-Bowler-Hillstrom House | 1980-04-17 | Court and Cedar Streets |
Belle Plaine | An 1871 home restored and furnished to represent the 1850s, 1860s, and 1900s periods | |
| 8 | Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe | 1999-02-12 | Address Restricted | Louisville Township | a winter village of 325 Dakotah people | |
| 9 | Jordan Brewery Ruins | 1980-04-17 | South Broadway Street |
Jordan | a complex of limestone buildings built between 1861 and 1900 by brewer, Frank Nicolin | |
| 10 | Jordan Historic District | 1980-04-17 | Water Street and South Broadway Street |
Jordan | brick commercial and social buildings from the mid-to-late nineteenth century | |
| 11 | Kajer, Wencl, Farmstead | 1980-04-17 | County Highway 2 |
New Market | 1920 brick farmhouse and a gambrel-roofed round barn, built in 1918 by Kajer | |
| 12 | Maka Yusota | 2003-01-16 | Address Restricted | Savage | a sacred site revered by the Dakotah community, featuring a pool of water over an artesian well that remains liquid year-round. A thick layer of fine sand sits on the bottom of the pool, which traps the spring water and releases it in bursts, creating an illusion of boiling water | |
| 13 | Mudbaden Sulphur Springs Company | 1980-04-17 | 17706 Valley View Drive |
Jordan | A two-story brick Classical Revival spa building built near sulfur-rich springs which were advertised to be a cure for ailments including rheumatism, hypertension, liver disease, and gout. | |
| 14 | New Market Hotel and Store | 1980-04-17 | Main Street |
New Market | red brick hotel and storefront | |
| 15 | Shakopee Historic District | 1972-04-11 | Minnesota Highway 101 | Shakopee | multiple features including burial mounds, a gristmill, an inn, and a ferry landing | |
| 16 | Saint Mary's Church of the Purification (Shakopee, Minnesota) | 1980-04-17 | 15850 Marystown Road, |
Shakopee | Catholic Church | |
| 17 | Strunk-Nyssen House | 1980-04-17 | Strunks Road |
Shakopee | a 1856 home, hotel, brewery, and boarding house |
Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
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