Territorial/State Prison | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 The Minnesota State Prison in 1902 | |
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| Location | Main and Laurel Streets, Stillwater, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 45°3′45″N 92°48′29″W / 45.06250°N 92.80806°W |
| Built | 1884–98 |
| Built by | Jesse Taylor Company |
| Architect | Jacob Fisher |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003079[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 20, 1982 |
| Removed from NRHP | January 7, 2005 |
The Minnesota Territorial Prison, later the Minnesota State Prison, was a prison in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States, in operation from 1853 to 1914. Construction of the prison began in 1851, shortly after Minnesota became a territory.[2] The prison was replaced by the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater in nearby Bayport. Most of the original prison's structures were demolished in 1936, leaving only the 1853 Warden's House and a manual labor complex that had been constructed 1884–1898. The surviving factory buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having state-level significance in the themes of industry and social history.[3] The historic site, long since unused, was destroyed by arson on September 3, 2002.[4] It was formally delisted from the National Register in 2005.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "History of Stillwater". Washington County Historical Society.
- ^ a b "Territorial/State Prison (Removed)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ "Fire destroys historic Stillwater prison". Minnesota Public Radio. Associated Press. September 4, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2015.