Fourth and Jackson Sts.
| Look to the left at those buildings up ahead? What do you think they were? Would you be surprised if we told you they used to be MSU? Well they were the old campus for Mankato State University Teachers College until 1979.* | |
| Now, they are the Blue Earth County
government buildings.
Today, we call this adaptive reuse. The buildings were sold in 1979 for $250,000, or about 10 cents a square foot. The developer sold the complex you are looking at for $75,000 and the old library, which is now the Blue Earth County Government Center for a dollar. However, the county turned it down. Later, Blue Earth County spent $1,000,000 to buy it. |
Old Main Retirement Village
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I remember sledding
down the Former |
Blue Earth Country Govt. Center |
| Can you feel
any “life” here? What do you think it used to be like on weekends? During finals? Continue on Fourth St. past Cherry and Warren. Climb the hill and look left. Those buildings were once the women's dorms--now they are the Colonial Square Apartments. |
*The Wiecking Center
was the first building to be built on the new campus.
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