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110 <br /> Elk River Downtown Commercial Area <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> .. <br /> \g <br /> E <br /> V4'12,j, l /g Y ..�, <br /> g <br /> �v ��'L. . ham" <br /> ; 1. <br /> Address: Southeast corner,Jackson and Main Streets <br /> PIN: 75-405-0320 <br /> SHPO Inventory#:SH-ERC-038 <br /> Historic Name: Jackson Square <br /> • Current Name: Parking Lot <br /> Builder/Contractor: <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: City of Elk River <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction:o <br /> ca.1900 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <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 /> edge of the wedge-shaped block;the Blanchett Hotel was at the southern edge.The <br /> space was not improved until 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 i and the <br /> focus of many community celebrations and events. These functions Elk ceased Rver when it was <br /> converted to a parking lot. <br /> 0 <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 63 <br />