Howard Lake City Hall

Howard Lake City Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Howard Lake City Hall from the southwest
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Location	737, 739, and 741 6th Street, Howard Lake, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°3′39.4″N94°4′12.5″W / 45.060944°N 94.070139°W / 45.060944; -94.070139
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1904
Architect	I.A. Hancock
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Wright County MRA
NRHP reference No.	79001269 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 11, 1979

The historic Howard Lake City Hall is a multipurpose government building in Howard Lake, Minnesota, United States, built in 1904. It originally housed the city's government offices, post office, public library, fire department, and public meeting hall. ^[2] In the 1930s the city began operating a municipal liquor store in the building, which remains the building's primary use today as most other functions have moved to newer facilities. ^[3] The Howard Lake City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government. ^[4] It was nominated as an example of early-20th-century small-town government architecture, and as Howard Lake's most prominent building. ^[2]

See also

• List of city and town halls in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wright County, Minnesota

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Hackett, John J. (March 5, 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Howard Lake City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved August 9, 2015.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Gardner, Denis P. (2004). Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places. Saint Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN   978-0873514712.
4. "Howard Lake City Hall". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2015.