Watkins Manor House | |
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Paul Watkins House | |
Location | 175 East Wabasha Street, Winona, Minnesota |
Coordinates | 44°2′49.3″N 91°38′7.6″W / 44.047028°N 91.635444°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1924–27 |
Architect | Cram & Ferguson |
Architectural style | Jacobethan |
NRHP reference No. | 84000255[1] |
Designated | November 8, 1984 |
The Watkins Manor House is a historic mansion in Winona, Minnesota, United States. It was built from 1924 to 1927 for Paul Watkins (1865–1931), second-generation leader of the J.R. Watkins Company and progenitor of its famous door-to-door sales strategy. It was designed in the Jacobethan style by architect Ralph Adams Cram.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the Paul Watkins House for its local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce.[3] It was nominated for its associations with Paul Watkins and the Watkins Company, and for its architecture, being a rare and unaltered example of a house designed by an architect better known for his churches and institutional buildings.[2]
The manor is now part of a senior housing complex, containing apartments and community spaces.[4]
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