07/30/2026
Minnesota's newest addition to the National Register! Alice Nettell Tower is a fourteen-story, round apartment building in Virginia. Built in 1977, the tower was designed in the Modern style and constructed of brick and concrete. During the 1960s and 1970s, an intense housing crisis on the Iron Range meant many senior citizens could not afford to pay rapidly rising rents. In 1971, State legislation created the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA), which in 1975 funded construction of the Alice Nettle Tower, the largest and most prominent example of a senior high-rise tower constructed on the Range. The tower provided 155 affordable senior units, nearly tripling Virginia’s available apartments. See all the latest National Register listings on our website https://mn.gov/admin/shpo/about/preservation-program/mnnrlistings.jsp
