On this Date in Minnesota History: August 23

August 23, 1984 – The McLeod County Courthouse in Glencoe, Minn., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on this date.

“The county's first court session was held in a log school house shortly after the county's organization in 1856.  Years later, the village of Glencoe contributed $2,000 to the county to build the 1876 courthouse that forms the core of the present building. Between 1876 and 1982, the county added to, expanded, and remodeled the original $10,397 building six times, at a cost of about $3.5 million."

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The impression of the building from the front is of a 1909 vintage, brick Beaux Arts building with a brick box joined to it by a recessed two-story glass section.  W.F. Kinney of Stebbins, Kinney and Halden, designed the 1909 classic columned renovation and Emil M. Jacobson was the builder.

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The 1958 windowless addition was by Hammel & Green of St. Paul and is compatible in proportion to the original building though completely contemporary.”

http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/McLeod/CourthouseHistory.aspx

¹http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mcc/id/22

²Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Aug. 23, 2015, as long as acknowledgement included.

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