TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Drawings of Roadside Structures at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Transportation. | |
| Title: | Drawings of Roadside Structures. | |
| Dates: | 1933-1972. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Drawings, sketches, and designs for roadside structures and improvements; many are design proposals for structures that may or may not have been built. | |
| Quantity: | 2.0 cubic feet (8 folders in 2 map cabinet drawers). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The majority document memorials and historical markers; approaches to and
parking areas at historic sites, historic markers, and state parks and recreational
areas; and camping areas.
ARRANGEMENT
These records are arranged into the following sections:
| General | ||
| Series 1 (alphabetical by geographic location) | ||
| Series 2 (numerical by trunk highway designation) | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Transportation. Drawings of Roadside Structures. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Duplicates:
Digital images of these drawings are available upon request from the Minnesota Transportation Department, Site Development Unit/Office of Technical Support.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2013-36
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 007697539
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
GENERAL
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 12 | Folder 1: | |||||||||||
| Approaches for abutments parallel to lower roadway, 1960s. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Bus shelter bill of materials, undated. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Fireplace drawings, 1937. 17 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Golf course shelter building, May 1967. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Historical marker details, undated. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Pump shelter details, undated. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State line marker details, 1939, 1962. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
SERIES 1
Alphabetical by geographic location.
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 12 | Folder 2: | |||||||||||
| Babcock Memorial (Elk River), undated. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7102-24. | |||||||||||||
| Benson (parking area), 1937-1941. 4 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7602-02. | |||||||||||||
| Camp Ripley, undated. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Color drawings of gate and entrance. | |||||||||||||
| Christmas Lake (parking area on Trunk Highway 7), 1937. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 2706-03. | |||||||||||||
| Cross River (parking area on Trunk Highway 61), December 1949. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1601. | |||||||||||||
| Evergreen Memorial Drive, October 1955. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Faribault Springs (bridge and rustic guard rail on Trunk Highway 101 east of Shakopee), April 1940. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7005. | |||||||||||||
| Fort Ripley Historic Marker, February 1942. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1809-01. | |||||||||||||
| Garrison (concourse and alignment and development one half mile south of Garrison), 1937-1939. 4 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Golden Valley (District 9 office, shop, and storage area on Trunk Highway 100), January 1955. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Gooseberry Falls State Park, January 1936. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1602. | |||||||||||||
| Guir Enderson Memorial in Willmar (Trunk Highway 71), July 1955. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Island Lake (Trunk Highway 10), November 1954. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section No. 6236. | |||||||||||||
| Jackson (roadside parking area), June 1940. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project Number 3202-06. | |||||||||||||
| Jay Cooke State Park at Oldenbert Point (Trunk Highway 210), August 1955. 6 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 0916-01. | |||||||||||||
| Kaposia Historical Marker (Trunk Highway 56-112), October 1940. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1912-03. | |||||||||||||
| Kingston Stockade Historical Marker in Kingston (Trunk Highway 15), May 1941. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 4707-05. | |||||||||||||
| Legion Memorial (Willmar, Trunk Highway 71), January 1953. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Long Lake Camp Grounds (Trunk Highway 92), undated. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1505-03. | |||||||||||||
| Manitou River Development (Trunk Highway 61), 1955. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section No. 3808. | |||||||||||||
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 12 | Folder 3: | |||||||||||
| Mille Lacs Lake Area, 1935-1940. 72 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 15. | |||||||||||||
| Suggested Work Program, circa 1938. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Covers suggested work from April 1938-June 30, 1940. | |||||||||||||
| Master Plan Report, undated. 4 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Document describing the master plan for the roadside development the Mille Lacs Lake area. | |||||||||||||
| Drawings and plans, 1935-1939. 67 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Organized by sub-project number; unnumbered sheets first. | |||||||||||||
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 12 | Folder 4: | |||||||||||
| Moore Lake Recreational Area (Trunk Highway No 65), December 1954. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section No. 0207. | |||||||||||||
| Mount Josephine (area adjacent Trunk Highway 61), February 1942. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1604. | |||||||||||||
| Northfield (Trunk Highway 218), August 1955. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section No. 6612. | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Hudson Kelley National Farm Museum/Shrine and Agricultural Hall of Fame (Trunk Highway 10), undated, 1956. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Pine Bend Historic Marker (between Inver Grove and Hastings on Trunk Highway 52 and 53), November 1939. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1907-03. | |||||||||||||
| Ray Berglund Memorial State Park (Trunk Highway 61), August 1953, undated. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section Nos. 1601 and 2085. | |||||||||||||
| Saint Cloud (planting plan in vicinity of historic marker on Trunk Highway 10 near St. Cloud), November 1937. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project Number 7103. | |||||||||||||
| Shakopee (roadside parking area one mile east of Shakopee), September 1940. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7005-13. | |||||||||||||
| Silver Creek Cliff Rustic Sign Design (about five miles north of Two Harbors on Trunk Highway 61), June 1938. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| Soudan (landscape development adjacent to Trunk Highway 1), undated. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6904. | |||||||||||||
| Spruce Creek State Park, August 1935. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project Number 13. | |||||||||||||
| State Line Marker at Stillwater (Trunk Highway 212-45), 1941-1942. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 8217-01. | |||||||||||||
| Temperance River Camp site, October 1933. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1601-01. | |||||||||||||
| Theodore Wirth Park (at the old channel of Bassett Creek, Trunk Highway 55), December 1954. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| Control Section No. 2751. | |||||||||||||
| Traverse des Sioux Historical Site and roadside parking area (on Highway 169 near St. Peter), 1951. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5209-05. | |||||||||||||
| Willow River Project (Trunk Highway 61), August 1942. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5807. | |||||||||||||
| Windom (Trunk Highway 60), September 1944. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1703-07. | |||||||||||||
SERIES 2
Numerical by trunk highway designation.
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 13 | Folder 1: | |||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 4, undated. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6502-02. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 7 (also Trunk Highway 103, 12 miles south of Beardsley), 1959. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 609. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 7-12 (between Excelsior and Minneapolis), April 1941. 32 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 2706-07; 32 sheets of an original set of 49. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 9 - 10 (between Benson and North County Line), March 1938. 13 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7602-01. | |||||||||||||
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 13 | Folder 2: | |||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 10-3 (between Elk River and East line of Sherburne County), May 1939. 6 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7101-06. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 10-3 (between East line of Sherburne County and Anoka), 1939. 8 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 0202-07. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 13, 1939. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1901-01. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 14-7 (station 105 to station 124; Rochester), May 1934. 8 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5502. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 18 (along Mille Lacs Lake), 1948. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 0102-10. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 28-28 (between South Dakota state line and Browns Valley), February, March 1942. 4 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 7804-08. | |||||||||||||
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 13 | Folder 3: | |||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 33-55 (in Cloquet at St. Louis Ave), November 1940. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 0906-14. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 52-20 (in Pine Island), April 1953. 6 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 2502; 6 sheets of an original set of 10. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 53 (seven miles east of Ray), February 1949. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6922-21. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 55-142 (in Elbow Lake), October 1936. 6 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project Number 2608. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 59 (in Thief River Falls), 1961. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5705-12. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 61 (tentative study for Mankato Ave. connection, Winona), 1938. 5 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 8505. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 61 (in Winona), February 1954. 1 sheet. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 8505-10. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 61, undated. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6220-03. | |||||||||||||
| Drawer | |||||||||||||
| A3/OV5 | 13 | Folder 4: | |||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 75-6 (between north of Trosky and north of the south county line), November 1940. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5905-09. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 75-6 (in Kent), February 1941. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project Number 8408-06. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 75-6 (between Hardwick and south of the northern county line), November 1940. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6705-06. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 90-391 (Dexter), 1963. 7 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 5080-54. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 169-35 (southeast of Hibbing), 1955-1956. 2 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 6934-26. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 210-2 (in Brainerd), September 1939. 12 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1806-01; 12 sheets of and original set of 25. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway No. 210-2 (between Brainerd and 1/2 mile west), September 1939. 5 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 1805-01; 5 sheets of an original set of 15. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway 212-12 (in Granite Falls), 1936. 4 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 8712; 4 sheets of an original set of 6. | |||||||||||||
| Trunk Highway 694-393 (junction of Interstate 694 and Trunk Highway 36), January 1972. 3 sheets. | |||||||||||||
| State Project No. 8286-25. | |||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Minnesota.
- Historic sites -- Minnesota.
- Historical markers -- Minnesota.
- Parks -- Minnesota.
- Recreation areas -- Minnesota.
- Roads -- Minnesota.
- Roadside improvement -- Minnesota.
- Roadside rest areas -- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Architectural drawings (visual works).
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