National Register of Historic Places

Inspiration Point Wayside Rest

Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota
Listed
November 16, 2015
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
15000790

About this property

Inspiration Point Wayside Rest is a state highway wayside rest located along Minnesota State Highway 16 southwest of Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota. Minnesotan architect Arthur R. Nichols designed the wayside and it was built between 1934 and 1937 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 2015, Inspiration Point Wayside Rest was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a well-preserved example of the National Park Service rustic architectural style with good historic integrity, and the only surviving Minnesota wayside to have been built by a CCC soil erosion control camp. Major renovation work was undertaken that same year to restore degrading masonry and clear invasive buckthorn that had blocked several of the wayside's viewpoints.

Location

Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota
43.69233, -91.99663

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Inspiration Point Wayside Rest listed on the National Register?

Inspiration Point Wayside Rest was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 2015.

What type of historic resource is Inspiration Point Wayside Rest?

Inspiration Point Wayside Rest is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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