105 S. 1st St., Virginia, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 26, 1980. NRIS 80004360.
1 contributing building.
The Finnish Sauna is a former public bath in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It opened around 1912 to cater to urban Finnish Americans who wished to maintain the Finnish sauna tradition. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and social history. It was nominated for representing the strong influence of Finnish American culture on the Iron Range, and the commercial services developed to perpetuate it.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93202963