by johnso24 | Aug 8, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
State Bank Joy Riggs The State Bank building at the west end of the Fourth Street bridge is one of Northfield’s most distinctive buildings. Harry Wild Jones, the Minneapolis architect who designed it, said at its opening in 1910 that “another building just like it...
by johnso24 | Aug 8, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Scriver Building Joy Riggs Since its construction in 1868, the Scriver Building on Bridge Square has housed numerous businesses and has attracted countless visitors—including members of a nefarious gang. The two-story limestone structure was built by merchant Hiram...
by johnso24 | Aug 8, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Scofield Building Hayes Scriven The first building located on the southeast corner of Division and Fifth Streets, a site now occupied by J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein, was the Jenkins House and Tavern. Herman Jenkins built the hotel in 1856 out of wood. It...
by johnso24 | Aug 7, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Old City Hall and Fire House Joy Riggs The old City Hall and Fire House building was erected at 302 Division Street in 1876, the year of the attempted bank raid by the James-Younger gang. The building’s construction was part of an effort to transform the look of...
by johnso24 | Aug 7, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Northfield YMCA Joy Riggs The Northfield Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building has served as a community gathering spot since its construction more than a century ago. The YMCA building at 304 Division Street opened to the public on December 10, 1885. It...
by johnso24 | Aug 7, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Northfield Post Office Joy Riggs The Northfield Post Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has anchored the southwest corner of Bridge Square for nearly eighty years. Its construction by the federal government generated controversy in the...
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