Henderson Community Building

{{short description|Government building in Minnesota, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Henderson Community Building

{{Infobox NRHP

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| name = Sibley County Courthouse–1879

| image = Henderson Community Building SE.jpg

| caption = The Henderson Community Building from the southeast

| alt = A boxy, two-story brick building fronting a small plaza

| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

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| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location for Henderson Community Building

| location = 600 Main Street, Henderson, Minnesota

| coordinates = {{coord|44|31|42|N|93|54|33|W|display=inline,title}}

| area = {{convert|4|acre|ha}}

| built = 1879

| architect = Frank Barnard

| architecture = Italianate

| refnum = 79001255{{NRISref|2010a}}

| added = July 2, 1979

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The Henderson Community Building, also known as the Old Sibley County Courthouse, is a historic government building in Henderson, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1879 and served as the home of Sibley County's government until 1915, when the county seat was relocated to Gaylord, Minnesota.{{cite report |last=Nelson |first=Charles W. |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Sibley County Courthouse |url={{NRHP url|id=79001255}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 11, 1978 |access-date=2022-01-01 |type=none}}

Since 1915 the building has served as Henderson's city hall. As of 2022 it also houses a senior center and the Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center.{{cite web |title=Visitors |url=http://www.henderson-mn.com/visitors.html |publisher=City of Henderson and Henderson Area Chamber |year=2021 |accessdate=2022-01-01}} The latter is a history museum containing exhibits on the Minnesota River and Joseph R. Brown (1805–1870), founder of Henderson and a prominent figure in early Minnesota history.{{cite web |title=Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center |url=http://jrb.hendersonmn.com/index.html |publisher=Joseph R. Brown Heritage Society |access-date=2021-07-02}}

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Sibley County Courthouse-1879 for its local significance in the theme of architecture in 1979.{{cite web |title=Sibley County Courthouse (1879) |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=79001255.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009}} It was nominated for being Sibley County's first purpose-built courthouse and for representing one of the era's favorite styles of architecture for public buildings: the Italianate.