MN 61, Pepin Township, Minnesota. County/parish: Wabasha.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 15, 2004. NRIS 04001359.
1 contributing site. 3 contributing structures.
The Reads Landing Overlook is a scenic overlook on U.S. Route 61 in Pepin Township, Minnesota, United States. It was built from 1939 to 1940 as a New Deal project to provide motorists with a scenic view of Lake Pepin. It was designed by landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols and constructed by the National Youth Administration. The overlook was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 for its state-level significance in the themes of landscape architecture and politics/government. It was nominated for exemplifying the early highway waysides built in Minnesota with federal work relief aid, and for exemplifying as well National Park Service rustic style and the work of Nichols.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201108