Perhaps it is fitting to end

Matt McMillan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:32:40 -0500

Perhaps it is fitting to end a 21-week Lost Hutchinson series with a building that wasn't lost to a wrecking ball or fire.

It survives today at the "old" fairgrounds, now owned by 3M. The Leader reported in 1940, "(the) Administration Building will be the finest of kind in Northwest."

It was struck by a tornado in 1983, but rebuilt the same year in time for the fair.

All of the photos and information from the series as well as unpublished building features will be included in a magazine available this fall.

Lost Hutchinson: McLeod County Fair Administration Building

webmaster — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:31:31 -0500

John Korngiebel is the boy in this 1940 photo. His father Walter and crew painted the art moderne or deco style building upon its completion.

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Perhaps it is fitting to end

Lost Hutchinson: McLeod County Fair Administration Building