The Federal Courthouse and Post Office in

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

, United States, was built in 1896 and expanded in 1932 and 1965. It is designed in Romanesque or

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style, originally with a tower, by Supervising Architect

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. Also known as Federal Post Office and Courthouse, it served historically as a courthouse and as a post office. It was listed on the

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in 1980. The 1932 expansion, designed by the

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under James A. Wetmore, more than doubled the size of the building; the 1965 expansion to the rear, credited to Edward W. Novak, was less dramatic. Both expansions were compatible in style and materials. with Postal operations in the building ended in 2020. In 2023 a bronze sculpture honoring

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s was installed outside the building as part of Mankato's public art program. Titled "Delivering for You", the monument was funded by retired mail carrier Harold Weed and his wife Alice.

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