Supplement to Historic Roadside Development Structures on Minnesota Trunk Highways

Note: Some corrections/changes have been made in this supplement (November 1, 2006; August 26, 2008).

In 2002-2004 the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), working through its consultant Gemini Research, conducted a cultural resources survey and evaluation of eight properties to be added to Mn/DOT's Historic Roadside Development Structures Inventory. The addition of the eight brings the total inventory to 110 properties. Gemini Research recommends that three of the eight newly-inventoried properties are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This document, intended as a supplement to the 1998 inventory report Historic Roadside Development Structures on Minnesota Trunk Highways, adds the eight new properties to the inventory, updates key inventory information, and corrects selected errors in the original inventory. The updated information lists, for example, the historic preservation treatment reports that Mn/DOT has prepared for National Register-eligible and -listed sites. The report also briefly discusses serious threats facing the inventory sites including their deteriorating physical condition.