1856 • Court Square
Dedicated to Freeborn County by Ruble family
1886 • Richardson Romanesque Courthouse
Designed by architect C.A. Dunham of Burlington, IA
1888 • Courthouse construction completed
Alex McNeil Contractor . . . — — Map (db m127217) HM
Firemen's Hall and Masonic Lodge
147 North Broadway
Built in 1909-1910, the upper floor houses the Masonic Lodge. The rest of the building served at one time as the “Idle Hour Theatre” and was later used by various area youth . . . — — Map (db m127861) HM
Today more than one hundred parks, waysides, monuments, historic sites, and trails are operated by the State of Minnesota. They fulfill the plea of Newton H. Winchell, state geologist and archaeologist, who in 1889 stressed the value of a system . . . — — Map (db m185580) HM
Minnesota's Roads. "A perfect highway is a thing of beauty and joy forever," enthused a speaker at Minnesota's first "Good Roads" convention in 1893. "It blesses every home by which it passes."
Early in the 1890s, even before the automobile . . . — — Map (db m9911) HM
Erected by citizens of Freeborn County, Minn.
in memory of Union Soldiers and Sailors
of the War of 1861-65
Dedicated to
Robson Post No. 5. G.A.R. of Albert Lea, Minn.
Memorial Day May 30, 1914 — — Map (db m127215) WM
