Editing Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota (section)

===Marine on St. Croix Historic District===
A {{convert|450|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] in Marine on St. Croix was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 for having state-level significance in the themes of architecture, commerce, exploration/settlement, and industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marine on Saint Croix Historic District |url=http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=74001043|work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |access-date=2015-06-19}}</ref>  It was nominated as the birthplace of Minnesota's lumber industry and for its representation of two separate but interdependent waves of immigration that created the town.<ref name=Hackett>{{cite journal |last=Hackett |first=John J. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Marine on St. Croix Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=74001043}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=1974-04-08 |access-date=2015-12-06}}</ref>

The district encompasses three distinct areas: the original business district bounded by Oak, 5th, and Mill Streets; the residential area of the Yankee business owners on the bluffs to the north, now bisected by Highway 95; and the residential areas of the Swedish working class, initially on the low areas to the north and south of the village center, and later on the bluff to the west.  60 buildings and three sites of ruins were identified as the [[contributing property|contributing properties]] to the historic district in 1974.<ref name=Hackett />