US Post Office, New Ulm, MN
**New Ulm Post Office** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 70000287, date listed 4/28/1970
Center St. and Broadway
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The New Ulm Post Office building was built in 1909 and is still in use. It is excellently preserved.
The original exterior design and construction of the building are singularly unique. The structure is of alternating courses of deep red rough brick and grey-white terra cotta stone, a manufactured concrete stone. Below the firBt floor, the exterior wad-ls are of brick and granite to the ground level. The unique character of this building results primarily from the unusually steep roof, flanked by the stepped gable and dormer ends. It lacks grace and refinement yet is brutally dramatic.
The building reflects the origins of the founders of New Ulm in 1854. These first settlers came from Europe. They were skilled artisans, expert stone masons and brick workers. In their structures in the vicinity of New Ulm before the turn of the century they adapted various elements of design from their homelands, as well as adding innovations of their own creation. They expressed their individuality in methods of construction; ornamentation, and design. No pure style emerged in their buildings, but a "New Ulm" style is discernible in their work from the 1860's to about 1900, The post office exterior reflects the same freedom in design as well as the predominant background of the settlers. Funds for the Post Office in New Ulm were approved by Congress in 1906, and the site was purchased the same year. Originally the appropriation was for $30,000. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
US Post Office, New Ulm, MN
**New Ulm Post Office** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 70000287, date listed 4/28/1970
Center St. and Broadway
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The New Ulm Post Office building was built in 1909 and is still in use. It is excellently preserved.
The original exterior design and construction of the building are singularly unique. The structure is of alternating courses of deep red rough brick and grey-white terra cotta stone, a manufactured concrete stone. Below the firBt floor, the exterior wad-ls are of brick and granite to the ground level. The unique character of this building results primarily from the unusually steep roof, flanked by the stepped gable and dormer ends. It lacks grace and refinement yet is brutally dramatic.
The building reflects the origins of the founders of New Ulm in 1854. These first settlers came from Europe. They were skilled artisans, expert stone masons and brick workers. In their structures in the vicinity of New Ulm before the turn of the century they adapted various elements of design from their homelands, as well as adding innovations of their own creation. They expressed their individuality in methods of construction; ornamentation, and design. No pure style emerged in their buildings, but a "New Ulm" style is discernible in their work from the 1860's to about 1900, The post office exterior reflects the same freedom in design as well as the predominant background of the settlers. Funds for the Post Office in New Ulm were approved by Congress in 1906, and the site was purchased the same year. Originally the appropriation was for $30,000. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...