The Stearns County Courthouse is the seat of government for
Stearns County
Stearns County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,292. Its county seat and largest city is St. Cloud. The county was founded in 1855. It was originally named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the ...
in
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stear ...
, United States. The
Beaux-Arts style building was constructed in 1921 to replace Stearns County's original 1864 courthouse. It stands in a prominent square in downtown St. Cloud, flanked by other government buildings. A
Prairie School
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...
style jail was built to the northeast in 1922, and the two buildings were listed as the Stearns County Courthouse and Jail on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government. They were nominated for being prominent symbols of Stearns County government.
The 1922 jail building was demolished in 1987.
See also
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List of county courthouses in Minnesota
This is a list of county courthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Each county in Minnesota has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse.
Federal courthouses in Minnesota are listed here ...
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References
External links
Stearns County District Court
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
1921 establishments in Minnesota
Beaux-Arts architecture in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in St. Cloud, Minnesota
County courthouses in Minnesota
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Government buildings completed in 1921
National Register of Historic Places in Stearns County, Minnesota