Cabot Building, 274 & 282 Tenth Street, Heron Lake, Jackson County, MN

Significance: The decorative design elements and integrity of the Cabot Building make it an excellent example of turn-of-the-century commercial architecture. The corner section of the building was completed in 1895 and has a canted corner and decorative brick and stone work at the top of the building. The northern addition to the building was completed in 1897 and features "Cabot" and "1897" in a metal balustrade with urn shaped balusters above a simple limestone cornice at the roofline. Both sections are of brown brick with light limestone trim and feature intact original storefronts. The building originally housed a general merchandise business on the street level and offices on the upper level. The Cabot Store dates to the period when the main streets of area small communities were undergoing extensive development and is one of Jackson County's most ornate examples of a typical storefront/office building from this era.
Survey number: HABS MN-139