| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1868/00/00 | Charles N Daniels | Architect | Designed by C N Daniels, a towering French Second Empire courthouse is erected for Rice County (lost). | |||
| 1910/00/00 | Albert Schippel | Architect | Designed by Mankato architect Albert Schippel, a two story brick jail is built on a rusticated stone foundation, and the stone sills and lintels of the irregular rectilinear fenestration contrast with the brick. The jail was condemned in 1910 and replaced | |||
| 1931/00/00 | A disastrous fire destroys the 1874 courthouse. After a bitter controversy over whether to use the 1923 fireproof wings as a nucleus for a new building, the ruins were razed. | |||||
| 1934/00/00 | Nairne W Fisher | Architect | Designed by St Cloud architect Naire Fisher in the Art Deco style, the Rice County Courthouse is constructed of light colored Faribault stone in alternating horizontal bands of rock-faced and smooth-faced stone. |
| Particulars for Rice County Courthouse and Jail: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Art Deco |
| Architectural Style - Facet aka category | Art Deco - Zigzag Moderne |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criminal Justice | Correctional Facility |
| Historic Use | Courthouse |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
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