Built in 1890 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Wright County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1890, Gothic Revival.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on St. Michael City in History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915 names St. Michael. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Henry Invie, who from 1863 to 1866 had a store at St. Michael's, later bought a farm in section 36, and in 1872 opened a store on the present site of Hanover. In 1877 he sold out to L. W. Haefer, who erected @ new building, opened a hotel, and became postmaster.
Passage source: History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915.
The citizens of St. Michael's on December 14, 1889, presented to the county commissioners a petition asking that the village be incorporated. The commissioners granted the petition, and called an election for February 10, 1890, at which time thirty-six votes were cast in favor of the incorporation, and eight against it. The inspectors of the election were J. H. Dick, F. T. Aydt and Nik. Engel. At the time of the petition for the incorporation the wensus showed the village to contain 192 residents.
Passage source: History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on St. Michael City - 1,177 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Church of St. Michael-Catholic between 1999 and 2013, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 November 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PELICAN |
| 15 November 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Church of St. Michael-Catholic: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albertville Roller Mill | 1.8 miles | 1979 | |
 | Hanover Bridge | 4.0 miles | 1979 |
 | Tobias G. Mealey House | 7.2 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001279 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wright County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
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