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1 JACKSON STREET ©HOWE SCHOOL <br /> - WATER TOWER , <br /> Location: Elk River Location: Minneapolis <br /> Built: 1920 Built: 1927 <br /> Status: National Register listing in Status: Not yet evaluated <br /> progress <br /> An icon of Elk River's rapid growth and a Served students and broader community j <br /> local engineering achievement,but no of the Longfellow neighborhood until Phot o -ograph courtesy of Sherburne History Center. <br /> longer in use.Owned by the city's utility 2005.Several reuse proposals for _ , <br /> commission,which announced plans to housing,charter schools,and artists' live- we `t''O ` , <br /> dismantle it in 2008. Elk River Heritage work space have been rejected by _ _ Y �� E <br /> Preservation Commission opposes Minneapolis Public Schools(MPS) despite i ': I``r <br /> 1 r }°: <br /> demolition,hopes to nominate the water interest and action by concerned citizens. _. -' <br /> I� <br /> F•4 <br /> tower to the National Register of Historic Now proposed for total demolition by - " rl 1 ' <br /> Places and access grant funds for MPS in order to build athletic fields for <br /> maintenance and rehabilitation. nearby middle school. <br /> _ <br /> g <br /> ©JOHNSTON HALL <br /> rr � ,zr <br /> C <br /> V ° - _4 <br /> „ , �Y; Location: Faribault <br /> o y �.�1,r Built: 1888 <br /> "` 1 i ''ri Status: Listed in the National <br /> _ ...1 Au I k3lb u s6kY Nalk, 6,+1H Lw T IN d 6 y ikl <br /> Register of Historic Places <br /> Limestone Richardsonian Romanesque ' <br /> building was built for local seminary, <br /> f_ rehabilitated as medical offices <br /> following demolition threat in mid- <br /> -_ '` 'J 1980s. Now surrounded by modern <br /> © DREDGE FERGUS FALLS REGIONAL hospital complex,building needs critical <br /> WILLIAM A. THOMPSON 4 TREATMENT CENTER repairs totaling more than$1 million <br /> Location: Mississippi River, near Location: Fergus Falls and a new owner with a commitment to <br /> Winona Built: 1888-1907 preservation and reuse. <br /> Built: 1937 Status: Listed in the National <br /> Status: National Register listing in Register of Historic Places <br /> progress Massive three-story, U-shaped building <br /> Maintained channel widths and depths has been vacant since 2007.Tours by -e <br /> :.r <br /> on the Mississippi River for nearly 80 local preservation advocates, Friends of <br /> years. Measuring 267 feet in length,the the Kirkbride,draw large crowds 1.' <br /> dredge was propelled by 650 HP engines, the summer City is concerned about <br /> and operated by nearly 70 crew local taxpayer obligation, wants to use up [I <br /> members. Decommissioned by the Army to$7 million in approved state bonding . i,t F A, <br /> Corps of Engineers in 2006. Friends of the funds to clear the site and develop <br /> Thompson hopes to find a permanent housing. Rehab options must gain a ' I C9, <br /> home for exhibition or reuse to save the traction by summer 2012 or city will pull x' <br /> dredge from becoming scrap. the plug. <br /> ?4,+t o.‘,. e1F(' ' n R Yn ai VY ,,I ' ,r ° <br /> /'� <br /> iRESERV<iION <br /> =J — <br /> — XCE 1 O MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES 2011 <br /> 1111.1 .. <br /> NESOT< <br /> 97 <br />