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List of Standalone Historic Contexts

Historic Contexts should be primarily be gleaned from the Architecture-History Reports List and the Archaeology Reports List (only available to archaeologists).

  • Tier 1 Precontact Period (ca 12,000 b.p - a.d. 1700)
    • The Woodland Tradition in Minnesota (ca. 1000 BC - AD 1750) (MPDF, 2012)
  • Tier 1 Contact Period (ca. 1630 - 1820 AD)
  • Tier 1 Post Contact Period
    • Early Agriculture and River Settlement (1840-1870) (undated)
    • Indian Communities and Reservations (1837-1934) (undated)
    • Minnesota Tourism and Recreation in the Lake Regions (1870-1945) (undated)
    • Minnesota’s Iron Ore Industry (1880s-1945) (undated)
    • Northern Minnesota Lumbering (1870-1930s) (undated)
    • Railroads and Agricultural Development (1870-1940) (undated)
    • St. Croix Triangle Lumbering (1830s-1900s) (undated)
    • Urban Centers (1870-1940) (undated)
  • Tier 2 Thematic
    • Bridges (1870-1945) (undated)
    • Earthworks (undated)
    • Finnish Log Architecture (undated)
    • Georaphic Features of Cultural Significance (undated)
    • Hydroelectric Power in Minnesota (1880-1940) (undated)
    • Lithic Scatter (1994)
    • Minnesota Military Roads (1850-1875) (undated)
    • Pipestone (DRAFT, undated)
    • Prehistoric Quarries (undated)
    • Red River Trails in Minnesota (1835-1871) (undated)
    • Rock Art (DRAFT, undated)
  • Thematic State Owned Buildings
    • Armories and Camp Ripley (1881-1941) (undated)
    • State Correctional Institutions (1851-1941) (undated)
    • State Hospitals (1866-1941) (undated)
    • State Schools (1858-1941) (undated)
    • State Capitol Complex (undated)
    • State Fair Buildings (1881-1941) (undated)
    • State Normal Schools (1858-1941) (undated)
    • State Park Buildings (1885-1942) (undated)
    • State Veterans Facilities (1887-1941) (undated)
    • University of Minnesota (undated)
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