Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
“The Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail are historic governmental buildings located at 501 South Minnesota Avenue in St.”
Wikipedia article Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Nicollet County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail in 1996, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Nicollet County Courthouse and Jail: 16 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline & Moses Qsuarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Silica Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henroy Komstz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lundin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Earth Co Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Peter Carnegie Library | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | St. Peter Armory | under 500 feet | 1997 |
 | Frederick A. Donahower House | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | St. Peter Commercial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Nicollet County Bank | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Union Presbyterian Church | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000939 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nicollet County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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