Kasson Public School

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The Kasson Public School building is located at 101 Third Avenue NW in city of Kasson, Dodge County, Minnesota, in the United States. Designed by architect Nels S. Jacobson Jr. of the architectural firm Jacobson & Jacobson, the school was constructed during the years 1917-1918. Kasson's elementary and high school students began using the stately building on December 5, 1918. ["Dodge County Republican", December 5, 1918.]

Samuel A. Challman, the first State Commissioner of Minnesota School Buildings and the foremost standard-bearer for the construction of Minnesota schools, expressed his expert approval of the school during a 1919 visit:

:"Mr. S.A. Challman, state inspector of school buildings, made the Kasson School a visit on Wednesday last and went into ecstasies over the structure erected here the past year. He says there is nothing equal to it in the state in the way of completeness and architectural design. He wanted a photo of it so that he could use it upon his letterheads. He stated that it was the first of its type - three separate units, connected with a corridor, to be built in the state, but said it would be an ideal pattern for others who could not resist the temptation when once they saw this model structure." ["Dodge County Republican", May 15, 1919.]

Commissioner Challman made the following statement about schoolhouse construction in 1914 to the National Education Association of the United States:

:"We must not forget that our public-school buildings leave an indelible impress upon the minds of the children who attend them. Their very appearance is an education in itself, with which each community and the nation at large must reckon. We speak rightly of school architecture and must not forget that architecture is one of the fine arts. We have no more right to violate the established principles of architecture than we have to violate the principles of hygiene or pedagogy. Our duty is to harmonize the various factors which enter into the problem and out of the whole produce a result which shall embody all that is true with respect to hygiene, mental growth, and aesthetic values." [National Education Association of the United States. (1914). "Addresses and Proceedings" (pp. 784-785).]

The Kasson Public School was nominated to the [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20071214.HTM National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2007] .

The Kasson Water Tower, also on the National Register of Historic Places, is located behind the school.

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