The people of St. Peter have presented to Nicollet county an entire block of land on which to erect a court house. (Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday, February 28, 1880, Page 2)
The St. Peter Times says the excavating for the new court house in that town has been completed, and the structure is being rushed forward with rapidity, and that when completed Nicollet county will have the finest building in central Minnesota. (Saint Paul Daily Globe, Monday, May 31, 1880, Page 2)
The new court house at St. Peter is being built by Messrs. Bohn & Wilce of Winona. (Winona Daily Republican, Thursday, July 22, 1880, Page 2)
Designed by Edward P. Bassford and E. W. Stebbins of St. Paul.