# Milroy State Bank Building

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The **Milroy State Bank Building** is located in the city of [Milroy, Minnesota](/source/Milroy,_Minnesota) at the intersection of Superior Street and Euclid Avenue ([Minnesota State Highway 68](/source/Minnesota_State_Highway_68)). The building was a former [community bank](/source/Community_bank) built in 1902 by a group of businessmen from [Springfield, Minnesota](/source/Springfield,_Minnesota). It is nearly identical to the [Clements State Bank Building](/source/Clements_State_Bank_Building) in [Clements, Minnesota](/source/Clements,_Minnesota) representing the commercial investment of outsiders in a string of towns platted on a new railroad line, the Minnesota Western Branch of [Chicago and North Western Railway](/source/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway).[1]

The bank closed in 1930 and afterwards the building was used for several purposes, including a doctor’s office, and a bank exchange. It was the [post office](/source/Post_office) of Milroy from 1951 until 1989 when a new post office was built in its replacement. On August 11, 1980, the building was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) along with several other buildings in [Redwood County, Minnesota](/source/Redwood_County,_Minnesota).[4]

After being unused and abandoned when the post office moved out, it sat in decay for many years, remaining unheated and the roof had partially collapsed. In 2009, a local resident, Sunny Ruthchild, purchased the building for around $1,000 and renovated it and converted it to modern apartments. The renovation included improvements to the roof, restoration of the floors, and the installation of high-efficiency windows along with a [geothermal heat pump](/source/Geothermal_heat_pump). The upper part of the building is currently leased as an [apartment](/source/Apartment) and the lower part currently sits empty with plans to turn it into a [small business](/source/Small_business) such as a [bakery](/source/Bakery) or [café](/source/Caf%C3%A9).[5][4]

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Redwood County, Minnesota](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Redwood_County,_Minnesota)

## References

1. ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form: Milroy State Bank Building"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80002137). *National Park Service*. September 1978. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

1. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). [*The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota*](https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord). [Minnesota Historical Society](/source/Minnesota_Historical_Society). ISBN 0-87351-448-3. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

1. ["National Register Database and Research"](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm). *National Park Service*. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

1. Elton, Karin (February 25, 2017). ["A rewarding project"](https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/features/2017/02/a-rewarding-project/). *Marshall Independent*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170226015708/https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/features/2017/02/a-rewarding-project/) February 26, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

1. Posz, Eric (June 24, 2009). ["Heat from the earth"](http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/article/20090624/NEWS/306249985/0/SEARCH). *Redwood Falls Gazette*. Gatehouse Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

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