The Eugene Saint Julien Cox House, now known as the E. St. Julien Cox House, is a Carpenter Gothic

Carpenter Gothic

Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic, and Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures built by house-carpenters...

-style house in St. Peter

St. Peter, Minnesota

St. Peter is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,196 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Nicollet County.St...

, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Nicollet County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 29,771 people, 10,642 households, and 7,311 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 11,240 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

. It was built in 1871 for Eugene Saint Julien Cox, the first mayor of St. Peter, and his family. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 on November 20, 1970.

The building has been restored inside and out to its late 19th century appearance by the Nicollet County Historical Society, which opens it as a house museum a few days per week during the summer.

External links

• National Register of Historic Places - Eugene Saint Julien Cox House, Minnesota Historical Society