Midwest

Faribault

Rice County, MN

Population

24,418

Walk Score

81 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$1,044

Median home value

$207,200

Founded

1855

Faribault is a city in and the county seat of Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 24,453 at the 2020 census. Faribault is about 50 miles (80 km) south of Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Faribault Heritage Preservation District
  • Faribault Historic Commercial District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1982
  • Faribault Historic Commercial District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2021

Notable landmarks

  • Administration Building-Girls' Dormitory, Minnesota School for the Deaf · listed 1986
  • Allen, W. Roby, Oral Home School · listed 1990
  • Batchelder's Block · listed 1990
  • Berry, Frank A., and Elizabeth, House · listed 1990
  • Buck, Cassius, House · listed 1982
  • Buckham, Thomas Scott, Memorial Library · listed 1982
  • Carufel, Louis, and E. LaRose, House · listed 1990
  • Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour · listed 1979
  • Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour and Guild House (Boundary Increase) · listed 1982
  • Chapel of the Good Sheperd · listed 1975
  • Cole, Gordon, and Kate D. Turner, House · listed 1990
  • Congregational Church of Faribault · listed 1977
  • Cottrell, John N. and Elizabeth Taylor Clinton, House · listed 1990
  • Dobbin, Reverend James, House · listed 1990
  • Episcopal Rectory · listed 1990
  • Faribault City Hall · listed 1982
  • Faribault Furniture Company · listed 2019
  • Faribault Viaduct · listed 1989
  • Faribault Water Works · listed 1982
  • Faribault Woolen Mill Company · listed 2012
  • Faribault, Alexander, House · listed 1970
  • Farmer Seed and Nursery Company · listed 1982
  • Holman, M. P., House · listed 1990
  • Hospital, State School for the Feeble Minded · listed 1982
  • Hutchinson, John, House · listed 1982
  • …and 18 more

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