Midwest

Winona

Winona County, MN

Population

26,083

Walk Score

88 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$773

Median home value

$176,600

Founded

1851

Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 25,948 at the 2020 census. Located in bluff country, otherwise known as the Driftless Area on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. Winona is the home of Winona State University, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • East Second Street Commercial Historic District · listed 1991
  • Second Street Commercial Block
  • Windom Park Residential Historic District · listed 2021
  • Winona Commercial Historic District · listed 1998
  • Winona Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2020

Notable landmarks

  • Anger's Block · listed 1978
  • Bridge No. L1409 · listed 1990
  • Bunnell, Willard, House · listed 1973
  • Central Grade School · listed 2012
  • Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Station · listed 2013
  • Choate Deparment Store · listed 1976
  • Church of St. Stanislaus-Catholic · listed 1984
  • First Congregational Church · listed 2021
  • Gallagher, Dr. J. W. S., House · listed 1984
  • Grain and Lumber Exchange Building · listed 1977
  • Hodgins, Abner F., House · listed 1984
  • Huff-Lamberton House · listed 1976
  • Jefferson School · listed 2012
  • Kirch/Latch Building · listed 1975
  • Laird, Norton Company Building · listed 2014
  • Lake Park Bandshell · listed 2023
  • Lock and Dam No. 5A
  • Madison School · listed 2012
  • Merchants National Bank · listed 1974
  • Model School Building and College Hall of the Winona Normal School · listed 2013
  • Pickwick Mill · listed 1970
  • Schlitz Hotel · listed 1982
  • Sugar Loaf · listed 1990
  • Sugar Loaf Brewery · listed 1978
  • Washington-Kosciusko School · listed 2012
  • …and 13 more

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