{
  "dataset_id": "fairmont-landmarks-2026",
  "name": "Fairmont, Minnesota Landmarks and Historic Places",
  "methodology": "Selected public places with a documented historic, civic or cultural role in authoritative local or state sources; not an exhaustive inventory.",
  "place_id": "https://joshliljenquist.com/fairmont/#place",
  "verified_date": "2026-09-18",
  "record_count": 10,
  "records": [
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-red-rock-center",
      "name": "Red Rock Center for the Arts",
      "category": "Arts and architecture",
      "address": "222 East Blue Earth Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1898",
      "significance": "Designed by Minnesota architect Harry W. Jones as a church, the Sioux quartzite building now supports visual and performing arts and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-opera-house",
      "name": "Fairmont Opera House",
      "category": "Arts and performance",
      "address": "45 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1901",
      "significance": "The downtown theater opened in 1901, was rescued from demolition by community preservation work, and continues to represent Fairmont's performing-arts history.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-pioneer-museum",
      "name": "Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum",
      "category": "Museum and preservation",
      "address": "304 East Blue Earth Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "Museum since 1956",
      "significance": "The historical society was founded in 1929; its former Catholic-school building became the Pioneer Museum in 1956 and now anchors local research and preservation.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-courthouse",
      "name": "Martin County Courthouse",
      "category": "Civic landmark",
      "address": "201 Lake Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1906",
      "significance": "The 1906 courthouse occupies a site associated with Fort Fairmont and remains a prominent civic and architectural landmark overlooking Lake Sisseton.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-chubb-house",
      "name": "Orville P. and Sarah Chubb House",
      "category": "Historic residence",
      "address": "209 Lake Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1867",
      "significance": "Completed in 1867, the Greek Revival residence was saved from demolition in 1992 and entered on the National Register in 1995.",
      "source_url": "https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/structure/orville-p-and-sarah-chubb-house",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-sylvania-park",
      "name": "Sylvania Park and Bandshell",
      "category": "Park and public gathering place",
      "address": "Lake Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "Historic community venue",
      "significance": "The lakefront park's restored bandshell supports Fairmont's long-running tradition of public summer music and community gatherings.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-heritage-acres",
      "name": "Heritage Acres",
      "category": "Agricultural interpretation",
      "address": "507 Lake Avenue, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "Community preservation site",
      "significance": "This agricultural interpretive center preserves regional farm history through a pioneer village, public events and educational tours.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-old-post-office",
      "name": "Historic Post Office",
      "category": "Adaptive reuse",
      "address": "57 Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1925",
      "significance": "Built as Fairmont's post office in 1925, the downtown building served that role for roughly seventy years before conversion to offices.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-smec",
      "name": "Southern Minnesota Educational Campus",
      "category": "Education and adaptive reuse",
      "address": "115 South Park Street, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "1923",
      "significance": "Built as a high school in 1923, the building served multiple school functions before a 2004 renovation for postsecondary education and training.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    },
    {
      "landmark_id": "fairmont-landmark-downtown-plaza",
      "name": "Historic Downtown Plaza",
      "category": "Historic commercial center",
      "address": "Downtown Plaza, Fairmont, MN",
      "date_or_era": "Historic civic and commercial district",
      "significance": "Downtown Plaza groups civic, commercial and cultural buildings that show Fairmont's evolution as Martin County's administrative and community center.",
      "source_url": "https://fairmont.org/mchs/fairmont.htm",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-18"
    }
  ]
}