123 West 2nd Street
Chaska, MN, USA

National Register of Historic Places - Herald Block

Statement of Significance:

This block is significant as the Chaska Herald's place of publication for 107 years. Since 1871, the Chaska Herald has been written, edited and printed in this block. Of added significance is the fact that one of Chaska's historically significant families -- the Du Toit family -- published the Chaska Herald from 1866 to 1969.

In 1862, when Charles Warner first published this paper, it was the fourth one to be established in Carver County. When he sold the paper to Frederick E. Du Toit in 1866, Warner noted that it had been published a greater length of time without interruption than any other paper issued in the county. A turn-of-the-century Minnesota Historical Society report noted that of 151 newspapers begun between 1858 and 1862, only twelve were being published. The Chaska Herald was one of those twelve.

This block retains its original design integrity, a significant number of original furnishings and provides adequate space to fulfill its original purpose.