Alexandria in Douglas County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Douglas County Courthouse

Works Progress Administration Project

— 1940 —

Douglas County Courthouse WPA Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2018

1. Douglas County Courthouse WPA Marker

Inscription. Works Progress
Administration
Project
• 1940 •

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 45° 53.054′ N, 95° 22.902′ W. Marker is in Alexandria, Minnesota, in Douglas County. It can be reached from 7th Avenue West east of Douglas Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the subject building, just to the right of the north entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 305 8th Avenue West, Alexandria MN 56308, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: Theodore A. Erickson (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Alexandria (approx. half a mile away); Knute Nelson House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Minnesota Watersheds (approx. 3.4 miles away); Red River Ox Cart Trails (approx. 3.7 miles away).

Regarding Douglas County Courthouse. National Register of Historic Places #85001816.

Also see . . . Douglas County Courthouse History. Minnesota Judicial Branch entry:

A fund started in the 1880s by a county auditor allowed the 1895 completion of the towered brick courthouse (pictured above) without the need for issuing bonds. Because "the county was suffering from a serious industrial depression, cost of material and labor was at a low figure...for this reason Douglas County was able to erect her present handsome courthouse...for the sum of $35,000."

(Submitted on October 28, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Douglas County Courthouse (<i>north entrance</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2018

2. Douglas County Courthouse (north entrance)

(marker visible on right side)

Douglas County Courthouse (<i>north elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2018

3. Douglas County Courthouse (north elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 28, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.