Howard Lake City Hall Explained

Howard Lake City Hall
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Coordinates:45.0609°N -94.0701°W
Location:737, 739, and 741 6th Street, Howard Lake, Minnesota
Area:Less than one acre
Built:1904
Architect:I.A. Hancock
Architecture:Queen Anne
Refnum:79001269
Added:December 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] It was nominated as an example of early-20th-century small-town government architecture, and as Howard Lake's most prominent building.

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Notes and References

  1. Hackett . John J. . [{{NRHP url|id=79001269}} Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Howard Lake City Hall ]. National Park Service . 1979-03-05 . 2015-08-09.
  2. Book: Gardner, Denis P.. Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places . 2004 . Saint Paul, Minn. . Minnesota Historical Society Press . 978-0873514712.
  3. Web site: Howard Lake City Hall . Minnesota National Register Properties Database . Minnesota Historical Society . 2009 . 2015-06-23.