Blue Earth County Courthouse, 204 South Fifth Street, Mankato, Minnesota

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Blue Earth County Courthouse
Blue Earth County Courthouse, ca 1905
Address:	204 Fifth Street S
City/locality- State/province	Mankato, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Blue Earth County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Year built:	1889
Primary Style:	Italianate
Secondary Style:	Other
Major Alterations:	Some/mostly intact
Historic Function:	Courthouse
Architect or source of design:	Healy and Allen
Builder:	Ring and Tobin
Material of Exterior Wall Covering:	Stone

Mankato Blue Earth County

The building is mainly Italianate style, with a roof and dome of the French Second Empire style. It is mainly constructed from buff colored mankato stone from a nearby quarry. It has a 4-story tower. In 1905 heat, light, and plumbing systems were modernized. In 1963 and 1967 the interior was remodeled with A.J. Ross as the architect and A.J.Hoffman as the contractor.

The Minnesota Historical Society holds many of the historical records, such as naturalization and civil and criminal case files, from this courthouse. State laws restrict some access to records. The Minnesota State BAR association published The First 100 Years— , which holds a more complete history of the judicial history on both the local and state levels.

Notes

• Minnesota BAR Association "The First 100 Years"