Batchelder's Block

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Batchelder's Block

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| image = Batchelder's Block.jpg

| caption = Batchelder's Block from the east

| coordinates = {{coord|44|17|31.5|N|93|16|7|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

| location = 120 Central Avenue N, Faribault, Minnesota

| area = Less than one acre

| built = 1868

| builder = Rice and Daniels

| architect = Charles N. Daniels

| architecture = Italianate

| refnum = 90001089{{NRISref|2010a}}

| added = July 12, 1990

}}

Batchelder's Block is the second-oldest surviving commercial building in Faribault, Minnesota, United States; constructed in 1868.{{cite journal |last=Zahn |first=Thomas R. |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Batchelder's Block |url={{NRHP url|id=90001089}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=1988-12-07 |accessdate=2015-06-21}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce.{{cite web |title=Batchelder's Block |url=http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=90001089 |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2015-06-22}} It was nominated for its associations with Faribault's early commercial development and the city's emergence as a regional commercial center, and for being a well-preserved example of Faribault's early commercial architecture.