Howard Lake City Hall

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Howard Lake City Hall
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Howard Lake City Hall from the southwest
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Location737, 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 Coordinates: 45°3′39.4″N94°4′12.5″W / 45.060944°N 94.070139°W / 45.060944; -94.070139
AreaLess than one acre
Built1904
ArchitectI.A. Hancock
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Wright County MRA
NRHP reference No. 79001269 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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  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 2015-06-23.