Minnesota Territorial Prison
Territorial/State Prison | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Minnesota State Prison in 1902 | |
| 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 |
| 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. 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. The historic site, long since unused, was destroyed by arson on September 3, 2002. It was formally delisted from the National Register in 2005.