Appleton City Hall | |
Coordinates: | 45.1997°N -96.0192°W |
Location: | 23 South Miles Street, Appleton, Minnesota |
Area: | 0.25acres |
Built: | 1895 |
Architect: | N.W. Hawkinson |
Architecture: | Romanesque Revival |
Refnum: | 77000770 |
Designated Nrhp Type: | June 17, 1977 |
Appleton City Hall is a historic municipal building in Appleton, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1895 as one of the few monumental 19th-century buildings in rural western Minnesota. It initially housed Appleton's government offices, fire department, and jail on the ground floor and an auditorium on the upper floor.[1] The city hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government.[2] It was nominated for supposedly being an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and for its long service as a local government and community center. However other sources describe the building's style less specifically as Romanesque Revival, and its municipal services relocated to other facilities in 1976.