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

The Old City Hall

Pipestone Historic District

September 6, 2024

1. The Old City Hall Marker

Inscription. The Old City Hall was built in 1896 of locally quarried Sioux quartzite for a cost of $8,000 and served as Pipestone's governmental center until 1960. It originally housed the city offices, jail, fire department, Pipestone's first public library, and a large meeting hall. Since 1967 the Old City Hall building has served the area as the Pipestone County Historical Museum, and in 1976 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 44° 0.007′ N, 96° 19.049′ W. Marker is in Pipestone, Minnesota, in Pipestone County. It is on South Hiawatha Avenue south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 113 S Hiawatha Ave, Pipestone MN 56164, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest,

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in the Corn Belt,

and on the Great Plains.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Moore Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Ferris Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Calumet Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Carnegie Library (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); L. H. Moore Soldier Memorial Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pipestone County Soldiers Memorial Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pipestone County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rock Island Depot (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pipestone.

Also see . . . Minnesota MPS Pipestone Commercial Historic District - National Archives NextGen Catalog. From the National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form (1977):

"Formerly housing the City Hall, fire department and other
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2. The Old City Hall & Marker
municipal offices, the building is today used as the Pipestone County Museum. The three story Sioux quartzite stone structure, one of the most architectually distinctive buildings in the district, it built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Window openings on the second and third stories have heavy rusticated lintels. The cental stepped gable has a semicircular arch with radiating voussiors of jasper stone. The building employs a saddle back roof with gables that have stone coping and finials."

(Submitted on September 12, 2024.)

The Old City Hall Building image. Click for full size.

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3. The Old City Hall Building

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