History 21 The Podcast - 5.14 The Anoka-Champlin Bridge

Commuters along Hwy 169 are familiar with the Anoka-Champlin Bridge which crosses the Mississippi River. But what they may not know is that it is on the National Register of Historic Places. Learn about its history, all the way back to the very first bridge built there in 1884.

National Register of Historic Places series no 1 of 17.

Hosts Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator, and Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director.

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National Register of Historic Places

Founded in 1966, the National Register of Historic Places is an official list of sites, buildings, structures, districts, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". Anoka County has 17 structures on the list, with nine of them in the City of Anoka. Learn about each one from home, or go on a self-guided tour using The Clio Tours.

Anoka County National Register Properties

• Anoka Champlin Bridge

• Kline Sanitarium

• The Woodbury House

• Shaw Hammons House

• Windego Park Auditorium

• Heman L Ticknor House

• Colonial hall and Masonic Lodge No 30

• Anoka Post Office

• Jackson Hotel

• Porter Kelsey House

• District No 28 School - Ramsey Town Hall

• Sparre Barn

• H.G. Leathers House

• Riverside Hotel

• Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Carlos Avery Game Farm

• Banfill-Locke House