The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗St. Anthony was incorporated in 1897 and it was named by two of its founders, John Q. Saint and Anthony R. Pierce.
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2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in St. Anthony is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean St. Anthony has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Minerva Creek Bridge in Clemons, 2.4 miles away.
St. Anthony and the nearest listed places
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Closest to St. Anthony
Minerva Creek BridgeClemons · Structure2.4mi
Lincoln Township MausoleumZearing · Building5.8miLouis F. and Emma M. (Edler) Wohlert House-Emma Wohlert Maternity HomeState Center · Building7.3miAugust and Josephine Riemenschneider FarmsteadState Center · Building7.5miState Center Commercial Historic DistrictState Center · District7.6mi
Lincoln Township MausoleumZearing · Building5.8miLouis F. and Emma M. (Edler) Wohlert House-Emma Wohlert Maternity HomeState Center · Building7.3miAugust and Josephine Riemenschneider FarmsteadState Center · Building7.5miState Center Commercial Historic DistrictState Center · District7.6miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Minerva Creek Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in St. Anthony?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to St. Anthony’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.