Downtown Winona National Register Historic Districts
The Winona Downtown Commercial Historic District and the East Second Street Commercial Historic District contain over 100 sites listed on the National Register. This is Minnesota's largest collection of Victorian commercial architecture on the Mississippi. Most of the buildings are Italianate or Queen Ann style and date from 1857 to 1916. Free downtown walking tour brochure available at the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Visitor Center, or Winona County Historical Society.
This Prairie School style building was designed by Purcell, Elmslie & Feich, and completed in 1912. The terra cotta ornament is especially splendid as well as the two great stained glass windows, viewed from outside and inside the main banking area.
Completed in 1858, this six story pioneer mill ground flour for the Civil War. It is six stories high, 60 by 45 feet, and is constructed of locally quarried limestone. Lower floor accessible; 20 minute video tour video available. Mill wheel restored in 1996.
Hours:
Open June, July & August:
Tuesday through Saturday: 11am - 5pm
Sundays: 1pm - 5pm
Open weekends only in May, September & October
This church dates from 1894 when architect Charles Maybury took a Greek cross plan, grafted on Romanesque and Baroque elements, and produced a one-of-a-kind building. A silvery dome, mounted on a remarkably high drum and crowned by a statue of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, dominates the church.
Designed by George Maher, the Egyptian Revival style building is richly detailed and faced in smooth granite. Inside, the building leans more toward a Prairie School look with gorgeous stained glass and bronze work by the famed Tiffany Studios of New York. There is a small museum on the second floor. One architectural writer has said: "there is nothing else quite like it in Minnesota, or the country for that matter." The exterior is lighted at night.
Merchants Bank 
Pickwick Mill
Church of Saint Stanislaus Kostka
