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Elk River Phase II Inventory Form May 2002 Draft <br /> IIIElk River Commercial District <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> . ' <br /> 1, f a. "-4 /i7 <br /> r z <br /> Address: Southeast corner,Jackson and Main Streets <br /> PIN: Legal: <br /> SHPO Inventory#:pending <br /> Historic Name: Jackson Square <br /> Current Name: Parking Lot <br /> • <br /> Builder I Contractor: <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: of Elk River <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction: ca.1900 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> City <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 6 <br /> Property Number: 6 <br /> Description <br /> Jackson Square was created when the townsite of Elk River was platted in 1865,but most <br /> the area around it was not built up until after 1900. The square occupied the northern <br /> edgeof the wedge-shaped block;the Blanc <br /> Hotel was at the southern edge. The <br /> space was not improved unti l the early twentieth century;photographs of 1917 show <br /> that the square had a few large mature trees but it does not appear to have been formally <br /> landscaped. A small wooden pavilion fronted on Main Street.The square is now a <br /> surface parking lot. <br /> Significance <br /> Jackson Square was locally significant as the central public space in Elk River and the <br /> focus of many community celebrations and events. If parking was moved from this site, <br /> the space could be restored to its original community function. <br /> III <br />