Off MN 301, St. Cloud, Minnesota. County/parish: Sherburne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 17, 1986. NRIS 86001671.
17 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 4 contributing structures.Also known as:
Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud (MCF-St. Cloud) is a state prison in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1889 as the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men, it is a level four, close-security institution with an inmate population of about 1,000 men. MCF-St. Cloud serves as the intake facility for men committed to prison in Minnesota.
The Minnesota State Reformatory for Men Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture and social history. The listing comprises 23 contributing properties built 1887–1933 with granite quarried by inmates. The prison was nominated for its architectural cohesion and for its associations with prison reform and Minnesota's quarrying industry.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93202872