urbanMSP

Northfield, MN Generic Topic (is Northfield a suburb? I think since it lies mostly in Rice County, than no).

There was a fire in the historic Archer House on division Street in Northfield burned a couple years ago (faulty/misused kitchen equipment). The building cannot be replaced as-is, so here is the redevelopment redesign.

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I'm genuinely curious: did they consider anything that had a "faux" historic design or that incorporated cues from the Archer House? Maybe that would have flopped as a design. Either way, this looks pretty good IMO.

It looks good as a new project, but boy was the loss of the Archer House a massive hit to a classic small town.

I have a sneaking suspicion that looking at this is just going to make residents miss the Archer House that much more.