List of buildings in Willmar and their age

Current Title YEAR BUILT ORIGINAL USE
Spicer & Larson Warehouse/Linder 1885 Spicer & Larson Warehouse
John's Supper Club about 1890 Berkness & Peterson Co. General Merchandise
Sperry House 1893 Farm house
BNSF Depot 1948 Depot
Willmar Regional Treatment Center Early 1900s and 1930s Hospital Farm for Inebriates
Kandiyohi County Offices 1983 First Bank Willmar
Erickson's Warehouse about 1890 and later?
Fenstra Insurance about 1890 and 1974
Torgerson Building 1930 R.E. Torgerson Clothing Store
Willmar Building 1901 Willmar Building (Bank of Willmar)
Carlson Hall/Thompson's 1909 and earlier Carlson Bros. Drugstore/Carlson Hall
Wardrobe Cleaners? 1890-1900 Cleaners or Laundry
Liberty Building 1926 Liberty Cafe
Willmar Law Center? 1927 or 1930 Johnson & Johnson Variety Store
Curtis Building/Wells Fargo   Post Office
Eagles 1956 Eagles
Freda's Cafe   Don's Hamburger House
? (Former West Central Trophies) early 1950's. Probably Wide Awake Shoe Repair
    Salvation Army
Art Hed Building? 1930 or 1933 Willmar Gas Co.
Razor's Edge Barbergshop? about 1928
IOOF Building/Town Talk 1891 I.O.O.F.
Peterson Shoe Store about 1900 assessor's estimate Union Block
First National Bank/Corneil Elkjer 1920 or 1921 First National Bank
Curtis Building about 1922 (or 1930) A & P Co. Grocery
Metropolitan Building 1915 Metropolitan Building (Skoog & Nyquist, probably a food store)
Larson Store/Barnes 1876 & 1885. A. Larson & J. Spicer Store
Kandi Cupboard   Carlson Drugstore
Hoglund's Hardware 1922 Hoglund's Hardware Store
Bonde Building 1898 Bonde Block (Businesses Downstairs/Bonde Hall Upstairs)
Harris Building about 1890 Newspaper Office?
Barnstad Block/C. Suzanne 1902 Barnstad Block (Elks Upstairs)
Federal Building/Interior Design 1953 Federal Building (First Federal Savings and Loan)
Fat Freddi's about 1918.
Blossom Bakery/Jake's Pizza 1928 Blossom Bakery
Porpourri Building about 1900
J & D Steam Cleaners (formerly)
Third Street (formerly World of Sound) about 1890 and later
Rau Building about 1885 & 1945-46 Rau Building (Rau and Dahl Tire Co.)
Erickson Furniture 1919 I.C. Olson & C. Neslund Furniture & Undertaking
First National/Lutheran Social Services 1968 First National Bank
Lakeland Hotel 1927 Lakeland Hotel (Elmquist Jewelers & Others)
Elmquist Jewelers 1927  
  1913 Hardware Store
Osmundson Garage/House of Jacobs 1907 (5th St.)/1914 (Litchfield Ave.) Osmundson Auto Barn
Tallman/Hedin Building 1913 & 1941 Tallman Commercial Building (Tallman/Hedin Building)
Bank of Willmar Building 1914 & Later Additions Kandiyohi County Bank
Alf Wee Building   Alf Wee Building (Star Grocery)
Presbyterian Church 1965 Presbyterian Church
Willmar War Memorial Auditorium   Willmar War Memorial Auditorium
Willmar City Hall 1949 Lakeland Medical Center
Dental Office 1941 Most likely built for dental office.
Masonic Temple 1914 Masonic Temple
Ranny's (formerly) 1940
Hardware Hank Fairly new (in 1995) Meulener's Hardware Hank
Osmundson Garage Probably 1931 Osmundson Garage
Centre Point Mall 1940 A & P Grocery
Willmar Office Supply (formerly) about 1969 Willmar Office Supply
  1947 Clare Paint Store
414 SW Becker 1952 Vinje Church Education Building
Habicht's Building 1929 Montgomery Wards, Willmar Hospital, Lakeland Annex, Apts.
Woolworth's/Centre Point Mall 1941 F.W. Woolworth Co.
Willmar Theatre 1936 Willmar Theater
Tribune Building/Engan Associates 1919-20 Willmar Tribune
Thrifty Drugstore Building 1937 Thrifty Drugstore/New Super Food Mart
The Barn Theatre, Willmar Electric 1941 Foundation Bldg (J.C. Penney's & S & L/Offices/Willmar Clinic)
Cardinal Square 1927  
Chiropractic Clinic?
Lewis Block/West Central Printing 1890-1900 Lewis Block
West Central Land 1916 Dodge Service Station
Bicycle Shop probably before 1918 Probably Parsons Blacksmith Shop & Other
Glarum Hotel/Nyquist Apartments about 1865, 1890, 1920 Glarum Hotel?/Nyquist Cash Market
Rehabilitation Building 1937 Edgar Olson Auto Safety Service
Olive Jewelers/Anderson Dental 1919 Olive Brothers Jewelers
Oman's Machine/Professional Plaza 1937  
Rice Memorial Hospital   Rice Memorial Hospital
Selvig Park 198_ Selvig Park
Telephone Co. Building 1948-49 N.W. Bell Telephone Co.
Nelsen's Laundry 1925 Nelsen's (Nelson's) Laundry
Bethel Church 1927 and later Bethel Lutheran Church
Ronning Building 1962 Federal Land Bank & Production Credit
Kandiyohi Statue and Markers 1956 Bank of Willmar "Kandiyohi" Statue
Kandiyohi County Courthouse 1966 Kandiyohi County Courthouse and Safety Building
Willmar Public Library 1966 Willmar Public Library
Episcopal Church 1872 & 1893 St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Church of Christ Scientist/Unitarian Church 1910 Church of Christ Scientist
Jorgenson House Jorgenson house (see attached form).
Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds 1920s and later/contains part of brewery buildling built in 1880. Has been park assembly/fairgrounds/public use for a century.
First Covenant Church/Crown Center
Chuck's Barbershop 1927 Willmar Tire Shop
Rule Tire 1910?
Willmar Utility Plant
Tallman Mansion/Infinia 1902 Tallman home
Willmar Brick Yard (remains) 1892 Brick yard
Kandiyohi County Historical Center
Great Northern/BNSF Complex
Kandiyohi County Highway Department
  1919, 1940 School
Swedish Methodist Church 1902-03
Amundson-Evans/Mills 1940 Amundson-Evans Auto
US Bank 1964 Citizens National Bank

 

 

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