Crookston Commercial Historic District - Crookston MN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 47° 46.477 W 096° 36.381
14T E 679326 N 5294024
The Crookston Commercial Historic District covers two city blocks at the junction of US Hwy 2 and US Hwy 75 in Crookston, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMFDX9
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 6

The Crookston Commercial Historic District reflects the city's early period of growth, which was prompted by agriculture and the railroad industry. The district remains a large, and mostly intact, concentration of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commercial structures.
Palace Hotel was the largest building in the Historic District but after the upper floors collapsed into the basement, it was demolished in 2011.
Surviving buildings include the Fournet Block (visit link) 101-111 Broadway N., 1885
Union Block/I.O.O.F., 111-113 Robert St. W., 1890
Cowley and Holmboe Dry Goods, 103 Robert St. W., 1900
City Hall and Police Station, 123 Broadway S, Architect: E. H. Strassburger, 1899
Christianson and Strander Bldg., 112 Broadway N., 1901
C.O.D. Clothing House, 118-120 Main St. N., 1906
(visit link)
Street address:
Broadway and West 2nd Street (posted coordinates)
Main Street South and West Fletcher St
Crookston, MN United States
56716


County / Borough / Parish: Polk County

Year listed: 1984

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Government

Current function: Commerce/Trade, Government

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
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