East Second Street Commercial Historic District (Winona, Minnesota)
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The East Second Street Commercial Historic District is a small
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
in
Winona, Minnesota Winona ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, Minnesota, United States. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf (Winona, Minnesota), Sugar Loaf. The population was 2 ...
, United States. It comprises 14
contributing properties In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
mostly built in the late 1860s. The district was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1991 for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. It was nominated for being one of the few surviving remnants of the original business district of a Minnesota river town, and for being a symbol of Winona's swift growth as a lumber and
grain trade The grain trade refers to the local and international trade in cereals such as wheat, barley, maize, rice, and other food grains. Grain is an important trade item because it is easily stored and transported with limited spoilage, unlike other agri ...
center.


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


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* {{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Winona, Minnesota Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Gothic Revival architecture in Minnesota Italianate architecture in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota