Blue Earth County Courthouse
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| Blue Earth County Courthouse | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Courthouse Sq. Mankato, Minnesota |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1886 |
| Architect: | Haley & Allen; Ring & Tobin |
| Architectural style(s): | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other |
| Added to NRHP: | July 28, 1980 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80001940 [1] |
| MPS: | Blue Earth County MRA |
| Governing body: | Local |
The Blue Earth County Courthouse is the courthouse of Blue Earth County in the State of Minnesota. It is located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota, the county seat. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] History
The building, completed in 1886, was the second courthouse in the county. The first courthouse in the county, a 20-by-24 foot one-story stone building, was built in 1857. It served as the location for the trial of 392 Dakota Indians after the Sioux Uprising. Thirty-eight Dakota were executed in a simultaneous hanging in December, 1862.[2]
By the late 1800s, the county commissioners felt that the previous buildings were a "disgrace and gave strangers that we were behind the times. That the county was either poverty stricken or greatly lacking in enterprise."[2] The new building combined a French Second Empire roof and dome with Italianate features. The stone was provided by a local quarry, with various techniques giving it both rusticated and ashlar surfaces. The copper-sheathed dome is capped with a statue of Lady Justice.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ a b Logue, Mary; Douglas Ohman (2006). Courthouses of Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-550-1.
- ^ Building Location Details: Blue Earth County Courthouse. Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
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