Pietenpol Workshop and Garage explained

Bernard H. Pietenpol Workshop and Garage
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Location:Fillmore County Road 5, Cherry Grove, Minnesota
Coordinates:43.5881°N -92.2883°W
Added:April 27, 1982[1]
Refnum:82002949

The Pietenpol Workshop and Garage is a small building in Cherry Grove, Minnesota, United States, where aviation pioneer Bernard Pietenpol designed and built aircraft.[2] The wood-framed structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[3] The original hangar from Pietenpol Field was moved to Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPS Focus . National Register of Historic Places . . September 3, 2010.
  2. News: On the go: Cherry Grove home for historical aviation landmark. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820123234/http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=21&a=465474. dead. 2010-08-20. 2010-08-16. Rochester Post-Bulletin.
  3. Book: Gardner, Denis. Minnesota Treasures: Stories behind the state's historic places. 2004. Minnesota Historical Society Press. St. Paul, Minnesota. 0-87351-471-8. 98–101.
  4. Web site: Goetz . Kathryn R. . Pietenpol Airplanes . MNopedia . Minnesota Historical Society . 2014-07-09 . 2016-08-17.