The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Meriden was laid out in 1867. The community was named after Meriden, Connecticut, the native home of a first settler. The Meriden post office was discontinued in 1992.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meriden’s history is told.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Meriden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Meriden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected Children in Owatonna, 5.2 miles away.
Meriden and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Meriden
Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected ChildrenOwatonna · Building5.2miMinnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected ChildrenOwatonna · District5.3mi
Pillsbury Academy Campus Historic District (Boundary Increase)Owatonna · Built 18775.6mi
Owatonna City and Firemen's HallOwatonna · Building5.7mi
Owatonna Commercial Historic DistrictOwatonna · District5.7miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Administration Building-Minnesota State Public School For Dependent and Neglected Children’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Meriden?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Meriden’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.