The Pipestone County Courthouse, located at 416 South Hiawatha in the city of Pipestone, Pipestone County in the

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is a Beaux Arts style building featuring a Renaissance dome on a clock tower with heavily rusticated masonry and

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. A bronze

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stands on the dome. The interior is finished with elaborate oak woodwork. A multicolored mantle in the foyer was constructed from pipestone in a

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motif. The building was constructed by C.H. Peltier of Faribault for $45,175.

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Beaux-Arts architecture in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Pipestone County, Minnesota Clock towers in Minnesota County courthouses in Minnesota Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Government buildings completed in 1901 National Register of Historic Places in Pipestone County, Minnesota 1901 establishments in Minnesota {{Minnesota-NRHP-stub