Reads Landing School, building in Reads Landing, Minnesota, United States

Reads Landing School is a two-story brick building on a limestone foundation with a nearly square footprint, a gabled central bay, a hip roof with a cupola, and a wide bracketed cornice. Its windows have segmental brick arches and limestone sills, and the front bay features a semicircular fantail window over the main doors and an oculus in the attic. Inside, each floor has two rooms with a hall across the front.

The building was constructed in 1870 during a time when the town thrived from logging, steamboats, and river commerce. It served as a school for many generations before becoming a museum and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places to protect its historical importance.

The building now serves as the primary museum of the Wabasha County Historical Society. One classroom is furnished in the style of the 1920s and 1930s. Displays cover the pulpit and pump organ from Reads Landing's only church, Native American history in Wabasha County, and the county's railroad history.

The museum occupies the former school at Reads Landing, overlooking the confluence of the Mississippi and Chippewa Rivers. The building has two floors, each with two rooms and a hall across the front, so allow time for both levels. The Wabasha County Historical Society runs it as its primary museum; check opening arrangements with the society before travelling.

The school's near-twin, a cubical Italianate brick school of 1872 in Lake City, no longer stands, leaving Reads Landing as the only survivor among four related Southeast Minnesota school and courthouse buildings. Contractor Daniel C. Hill of Red Wing worked on all four, and the three-course brick water table at the base of the walls appears on each, as if it were his signature.