Elizabeth Village Hall and Jail is the seat of the local government and a historic building located in

Elizabeth, Minnesota Elizabeth is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 168 at the 2020 census. History Elizabeth was platted in 1872, and named for Elizabeth Niggler, the wife of an early settler. A post office was established ...

, United States. Completed in 1898, the two-story brick structure replaced a single-story wood-frame structure that was later used as the township hall. The single-story jail was added a short time later. with At one time the first floor of the two-story portion of the building housed the fire department. The main facade of the building features four two-story

pilaster In classical architecture Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the ...

s that terminate at the ornate

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

. The jail is similar is design to the city hall. The jail is now used as the city's polling place, and the first floor of the city hall now houses retail space. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984.

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Government buildings completed in 1898 Buildings and structures in Otter Tail County, Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Otter Tail County, Minnesota City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota City and town halls in Minnesota Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota {{Minnesota-struct-stub