Carlos Avery Game Farm

Carlos Avery Game Farm is a complex of 11 buildings at the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota, United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The buildings are the administrative center for the wildlife management area, which extends across a large part of Anoka and Chisago counties, as well as for a number of other Minnesota Department of Natural Resources properties in the area. The nomination for the NRHP noted that when it opened in 1937, it was one of the largest and best-equipped game farms in the nation, as well as one of the first large-scale wildlife management efforts in Minnesota.

Carlos Avery Game Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
LocationLinwood Township, Anoka County, Minnesota
Nearest cityColumbus, Minnesota
Coordinates45°17′18″N 93°7′46″W
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Built1936
Built byWorks Progress Administration
ArchitectWalter D MacLeith
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSFederal Relief Construction in Minnesota MPS
NRHP reference No.91000977
Added to NRHPAugust 9, 1991
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