Book Cheap Flights to Litchfield: Search and compare airfares on Tripadvisor to find the best flights for your trip to Litchfield. (The homestead law did not become effective until January 1, 1863.) The majority voted for the name Litchfield and the township of Litchfield was chartered as a village on February 29, 1872.
Ole Ness-Halverson bought the lot and it was Farmers’ Insurance Company agent B. F. Pixley's residence for many years.Litchfield's entire downtown, between Depot Street (once called Wall Street) and Third Street, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George moved his wife Mary and two of his sons, George, Jr. and Henry W., here in November 1869. The brickyard closed in July 1902, moving to Paynesville.The January 22, 1880 Litchfield News-Ledger newspaper stated, “Twenty-five years ago (1855), where now stands the beautiful and enterprising city of Litchfield, was an unimproved waste, inhabited only by wild beasts and wandering bands of red men.” There wasn't much else here other than some thick woods and a prairie. From 1870 to 1874, the post office was at the northwest corner of Sibley Avenue and Second Street where Litchfield's first official postmaster Horace B. Johnson had his clothing store. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.The third building to go up was Samuel Alvin Heard and C. D. Ward's general merchandise store at the southwest corner of Sibley Avenue and Third Street. Using This Site. Apparently the newspaper editor thought quite a bit of the city that had ballooned to a population of 2,500. The pioneers, some of whom lived in nothing more than a “dugout”, named their settlement Ness on April 5, 1858, because most of the first settlers’ home church was in Ness, Hullingdahl, Norway. Before that, of course, any sidewalks in town were made of wood.
Litchfield is a city in and the county seat of Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. It was deep enough that some old-timers remembered swimming in it.The church-going three hundred and fifty-three people in town could hardly snub Mr. Litchfield and keep the name Ness. The first building, made from Ames’ bricks in Litchfield, was barber Michael Robert “Mike” Weiss’ residence on Sibley Avenue South in about 1877. That would be at the northeast corner of Marshall Avenue and Second Street (202 North Marshall). Most of the store buildings were built between 1882 and 1945. Daley Slough was a large wet area taking up more than the block where Longfellow Square apartments are today at 416 Sibley Avenue South. The Presbyterian Church, Litchfield's first church, was built in 1870. Travelmath helps you find driving distances based onactual directions for your road trip. Jefferson Lines Phone 800-451-5333 Email info@jeffersonlines.com Website jeffersonlines.com Bus from Minneapolis, MN to Litchfield, MN Ave.