Cannon Falls in Goodhue County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

1888 Cannon Falls Fire Hall

Photographed by Keith L, July 22, 2011

1. 1888 Cannon Falls Fire Hall Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work.

Location. 44° 30.499′ N, 92° 54.229′ W. Marker is in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, in Goodhue County. It is on West Mill Street east of 3rd Street North, on the left when traveling east. Marker is attached to the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society and Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 206 West Mill Street, Cannon Falls MN 55009, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Minnesota.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

in the Driftless Area — Bluff Country,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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.

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least 7 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "We Must Have a Gun" (approx. 0.6 miles away); Colonel William Colvill Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Vasa: Mattson's Settlement (approx. 8.9 miles away); Cannon Valley Trail Archaeology (approx. 9 miles away); The Belle Creek Watershed (approx. 10 miles away); Thomas Anderson Veblen and Kari Bunde Veblen Farmstead / History of the Veblen Farmstead (approx. 13.1 miles away); Nerstrand City Hall (approx. 14.1 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Cannon Falls Museum. (Submitted on September 4, 2011.)
2. Minnesota Treasures. Google Books. (Submitted on September 4, 2011.)

3. Guide to Cannon Falls Minnesota. "After devastating fires in 1884 and 1887, the city council voted to erect a fire hall. The building, completed in October 1888 at a cost of $1,325, is made of stone and measures 24 feet by 35 feet with walls rising to 27 feet high. Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, the Italianate structure is one of the nations oldest surviving fire halls." (Submitted on September 4, 2011.)

1888 Cannon Falls Fire Hall and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, July 22, 2011

2. 1888 Cannon Falls Fire Hall and Marker

National Register of Historic Places #80002041
Listed 1980

Credits. This page was last revised on December 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 836 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2011, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.