This Beaux-Arts style beautiful courthouse made of quartize has two benchmarks associated with it - the statue on top of the dome and a vertical control disk on the east side steps, OQ1058 A 382.
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OQ0685 DESIGNATION - PIPESTONE CTHSE STATUE ON DOME
OQ0685 PID - OQ0685
OQ0685 STATE/COUNTY- MN/PIPESTONE
OQ0685 USGS QUAD - PIPESTONE SOUTH (1967)
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OQ0685 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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OQ0685* NAD 83(1996)- 43 59 50.64914(N) 096 19 06.15281(W) ADJUSTED
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OQ0685_MARKER: 87 = DOME
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OQ0685 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
OQ0685 HISTORY - 1935 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
OQ0685 HISTORY - 1981 GOOD MNDT
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OQ0685 STATION DESCRIPTION
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OQ0685''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CIA)
OQ0685''POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS TIP OF STATUE ON WHITE DOME ON N SIDE
OQ0685''OF COURTHOUSE. BASE SQUARE FORMING CLOCK TOWER. COURTHOUSE
OQ0685''LOCATED IN W CENTRAL PORTION OF PIPESTONE, CONSTRUCTED IN 1900
OQ0685''OF RED PIPESTONE.
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OQ0685 STATION RECOVERY (1981)
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OQ0685''RECOVERY NOTE BY MN DEPT OF TRANSP 1981 (DKH)
OQ0685''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED.
OQ0685''COURTHOUSE IS LOCATED AT THE NW CORNER OF S HIAWATHA AVENUE
OQ0685''AND 4TH STREET SOUTHEAST IN PIPESTONE.
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OQ0685''THE STATUE WAS OBSERVED FROM STA SOTADAK AZ MK, PIPE MNDT,
OQ0685''WARMER, AND WARMER ECC.