Stearns County Courthouse

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Stearns County Courthouse

Stearns County Courthouse and Jail

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Stearns County Courthouse viewed from the southeast

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Location| 705 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Coordinates| 45°33′38″N 94°9′45″W﻿ / ﻿45.56056°N 94.16250°W﻿ / 45.56056; -94.16250
Area| 1.5 acres (0.6 ha)
Built| 1921–1922
Built by| Charles Skooglun
Architect| Toltz, King & Day (courthouse), Louis Pinault (jail)
Architectural style| Beaux-Arts (courthouse), Prairie School (jail)
MPS| Stearns County MRA
NRHP reference No.| 82003056[1]
Added to NRHP| April 15, 1982

The Stearns County Courthouse is the seat of government for Stearns County in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The Beaux-Arts style building was constructed in 1921 to replace Stearns County's original 1864 courthouse.[2] It stands in a prominent square in downtown St. Cloud, flanked by other government buildings. A Prairie School style jail was built to the northeast in 1922, and the two buildings were listed as the Stearns County Courthouse and Jail on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government.[3] They were nominated for being prominent symbols of Stearns County government.[4] The 1922 jail building was demolished in 1987.[5]

## See also

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* List of county courthouses in Minnesota
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Stearns County Courthouse History". Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
3. ^ "Stearns County Courthouse and Jail". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
4. ^ Harvey, Thomas (October 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Stearns County Courthouse and Jail". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
5. ^ "The Original Stearns County Jail: 1921-1987". Stearns County, Minnesota. 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-31.

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