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
Albert Lea High School Arch
This arch was salvaged from the Clark Street Side of the old Albert Lea High School built in 1930. In 2000 a new high school was built and the previous high school on Clark Street was torn down in 2006.
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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 groups, health . . . — — Map (db m127861) HM
The burglar alarm above is from the Geneva State Bank. It was in service beginning around 1932 into the 1980s. The burglar control box is on display in the Village Bank. — — Map (db m315047) HM
Charlie Jorgensen's yard on Grove Avenue in Albert Lea was the first home of the fountain. Jorgensen ran a bakery on Broadway Avenue prior to 1898 before he became one of the persons who built the Hotel Albert in 1899. — — Map (db m315044) HM
Albert Lea remembers Eddie Cochran who was born here in 1938, moved to California in 1952, and became one of rock 'n' roll's greatest pioneers.
We will never forget him. — — Map (db m314948) 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
In 1938, this statue was given to the city of Albert Lea anonymously, and placed in Faville Park at the intersection of Grace Street and Lakeview Boulevard.
Frank Faville (1868-1947) was the local manager of E.F. Stacy & Sons Fruit Co. He . . . — — Map (db m315049) HM
This log home may be the first ever built in Freeborn County. Norwegian immigrants Ole and Astri Livedalen settled here in 1853. The home stood 1/4 mile east of Gordonville and was later moved to the fairgrounds in 1909, and then to its . . . — — Map (db m315042) 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
