Faribault City Hall

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Faribault City Hall

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Location 208 1st Avenue NW, Faribault, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°17′34″N93°16′13″W / 44.29278°N 93.27028°W / 44.29278; -93.27028 Coordinates: 44°17′34″N93°16′13″W / 44.29278°N 93.27028°W / 44.29278; -93.27028
Area Less than one acre
Built 1894–97
Architect Harry Wild Jones
Architectural style Renaissance Revival
MPS Rice County MRA
NRHP reference # 82003010 [1]
Added to NRHP April 6, 1982

Faribault City Hall is the seat of local government for Faribault, Minnesota, United States, in continual service since its completion in 1897. Originally housing a public library as well, Faribault City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government. [2] It was nominated for its associations with Faribault's emergence as a regionally important city in the 1890s and a concurrent wave of civic development statewide, and for its Renaissance Revival architecture. [3]

Seat of local government chief administrative building of a municipality

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the mayor of a city, town, borough, or county/shire.

Faribault, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

Faribault is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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History and significance

Faribault City Hall was designed by architect Harry Wild Jones of Minneapolis in 1894, invoking the Renaissance Revival style then popular for public buildings. The project was a result of increased civic development during the 1890s in Faribault and many other communities throughout Minnesota, when numerous government buildings, libraries, water works, and park systems were established. Locally the same decade was when Faribault first achieved its status as an important manufacturing center in south central Minnesota. [3]

Harry Wild Jones American architect

Harry Wild Jones was a popular Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architect who designed throughout the country and the world. Born two years before the start of the American Civil War, Jones, a twelfth generation New Englander, took his place on the American architectural stage in the late 19th century. His life spanned seventy-six dynamic years, during a period of U.S. history that matched his exuberant, spirited personality. Known as an architect adept at any design technique, Jones is credited with introducing Shingle Style architecture to Minneapolis. He created an impressive portfolio from neoclassic to eclectic, reflecting his unique brand of versatility and creativity.

Minneapolis Largest city in Minnesota

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. As of 2017, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 45th-largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 422,331. The Twin Cities metropolitan area consists of Minneapolis, its neighbor Saint Paul, and suburbs which altogether contain about 3.6 million people, and is the third-largest economic center in the Midwest.

Faribault's public library originally occupied the south half of the building, but moved to the Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library in the 1930s. [3]

Public library Library that is accessible by the public

A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants.

Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library library

The Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library is a historic library in Faribault, Minnesota, United States.

See also

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Faribault City Hall". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. 1 2 3 Bloomberg, Britta (April 1981). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Faribault City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-06-21.