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Elk River Commercial District <br />Property Description and Significance <br />Address: Southeast corner, Jackson and Main Streets <br />PIN: Legal: <br />SHPO Inventory #: <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: ca.1900 <br />Date of Survey: March 2002 <br />Prepared by: Carole Zellie / Landscape Research <br />Photo: <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 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 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 />