Reads Landing School, Lake City

Name: Reads Landing School
Address: Lake City, United States

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Reads Landing School is a former school building in the unincorporated community of Reads Landing, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1870, it has been converted into the Wabasha County Historical Society Museum. The building is one of the state's oldest surviving brick schools, and typifies their characteristic boxy, bracketed, Italianate style. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement. It was nominated for being a rare surviving example of Minnesota's early brick schools, and for its association with Reads Landing's peak as a lumber milling boomtown. ()

Built: 1870 (154 years ago)Coordinates: 44°24'4"N, 92°4'46"W

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Reads Landing School – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Eagle Center, Wabasha–Nelson Bridge, Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Wabasha Public Library.

2.7 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
National Eagle Center, Wabasha
68 min walk • The National Eagle Center is a nonprofit educational, interpretive center located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, that focuses on education about eagles and the Upper Mississippi River watershed.
2.5 miSE
Bridge
Wabasha–Nelson Bridge, Wabasha
65 min walk • The Wabasha–Nelson Bridge is a truss bridge that connects Wabasha, Minnesota with Nelson, Wisconsin, crossing the Mississippi River. The bridge has a street setup, with one lane for motor vehicles in each direction. It carries Minnesota State Highway 60 and WI 25.
2.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Wabasha
70 min walk • The Grace Memorial Episcopal Church is a historic church in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, built in 1900. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and religion.
2.7 miSE
Library
Wabasha Public Library, Wabasha
68 min walk • The Wabasha Public Library is a library in Wabasha, Minnesota. It is a member of Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, the south east Minnesota library region. The library serves a community of about 4,700 residents.
2.8 miSE
Italianate architecture
Lucas Kuehn House, Wabasha
72 min walk • The Lucas Kuehn House is a historic house in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1878 for Lucas Kuehn, the city's leading merchant of the 19th century. The house was the city's first to be designed in the Italianate style. It was also part of a unique trend among Wabasha's merchant class for houses constructed of brick.
2.8 miSE
Italianate architecture
Henry S. and Magdalena Schwedes House, Wabasha
71 min walk • The Henry S. and Magdalena Schwedes House is a historic house in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1882, part of a unique trend among the city's merchant class for brick houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 for its local significance in the theme of architecture.
2.5 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Alexander Thoirs House, Wabasha
63 min walk • The Alexander Thoirs House is the oldest surviving brick house in Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, and the earliest example of the brick merchant houses that characterized the city's 19th-century streetscape. It was built in two phases in 1868 and 1870 for a successful local shoemaker.
4.3 miNW
Village
Pepin
110 min walk • Pepin is a village in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 837 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Pepin.
2.6 miSE
Neighbourhood, Neo-renaissance architecture
Wabasha Commercial Historic District, Wabasha
67 min walk • The Wabasha Commercial Historic District is a designation applied to the historic downtown of Wabasha, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 52 contributing properties built from 1856 to 1928.