Coleraine City Hall - Coleraine, Minnesota
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BruceS
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City hall for the iron range city of Coleraine, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMDM66
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2012
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"Coleraine Village Hall, 302 Roosevelt Street. In 1909, the village of Coleraine received a charter to operate as established by the State of Minnesota. The first governing body consisted of village mayor Mike Curley (superintendent of the Canisteo Mine), three councilmen and a clerk.
The council was chiefly responsible for constructing streets, sidewalks and a firehall, as well as providing police protection, health services and garbage collection, to name a few.
On July 21, 1909, the council received a petition signed by 29 residents asking it to construct a village hall that would contain suitable quarters for the fire department, council chambers and a fireproof jail, plus an auditorium on the second floor for public gatherings. The village attorney was instructed to draw up a resolution relative to holding a special election to vote on a bond sale, with the proceeds being used to secure a site for the new village hall. That site turned out to be Lots 10, 11 & 12 of Block 6 on Roosevelt Avenue (now Roosevelt Street), which were purchased in February 1910 for $2,500 from the Hope Mining Company.
On March 4, the council accepted the $29,565 bid of Emil Johnson of Duluth, Minnesota, to build the village hall. A dedication ceremony was held in May, and placed inside the cornerstone was a sealed box containing records about the structure, copies of local and regional newspapers, and the name of every resident of Coleraine.
The village hall has served the community long and well. The council chambers, clerk’s office and vaults remain the same. The top floor, no longer used, was once the center for such village activities as plays, Saturday night movies, dances, traveling shows and Golden Gloves boxing.
The original jail has been removed and converted to police headquarters and two meeting rooms. A fire hall near Trout Lake serves the residents and its previous village hall location is now a community center named in honor of former mayor Vincent Nyberg.
The Coleraine Village Hall was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992." - Coleraine walking tour information
Street address:
302 Roosevelt Ave.
Coleraine, Minnesota
County / Borough / Parish: Itasca
Year listed: 1992
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Government
Current function: Government
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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