Original Main Street Historic District

Coordinates: 45°44′14″N 94°57′7″W / 45.73722°N 94.95194°W / 45.73722; -94.95194
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Original Main Street Historic District
Part of the Original Main Street in downtown Sauk Centre
Original Main Street Historic District is located in Minnesota
Original Main Street Historic District
Original Main Street Historic District is located in the United States
Original Main Street Historic District
LocationMain Street between S. 8th and N. 3rd Streets, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Coordinates45°44′14″N 94°57′7″W / 45.73722°N 94.95194°W / 45.73722; -94.95194
Area45 acres (18 ha)
Built1920–1947
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.94000758[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 5, 1994

The Original Main Street Historic District stretches for ten blocks along Main Street in downtown Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States. It is considered the inspiration for the 1920 novel Main Street by locally born author Sinclair Lewis, which in turn inspired the concept of "Main Street" as a symbol of American small towns.[2] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its national significance in the theme of social history.[3] It was nominated for its close identification with the bestselling novel of the 1920s and the enduring concept it popularized.[2]

At the time of the district's accession to the National Register, it contained 90 contributing properties and 55 non-contributing properties. The contributing properties include the 82.5-foot-wide (25.1 m) Main Street itself and the various surviving features along its length from the period 1920 to 1947. These include commercial and civic buildings, houses, parks, and a bridge and dam on the Sauk River.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Hess, Jeffrey A.; Heather E. Maginnis (September 20, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Original Main Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 27, 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) With photos
  3. ^ "Original Main Street Historic District". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

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