Milroy State Bank Building

Milroy, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Milroy State Bank Building stands at the intersection of Superior Street and Euclid Avenue in Milroy, Minnesota, a Queen Anne style structure erected in 1902 by businessmen from Springfield. Built to serve the community along the newly platted Minnesota Western Branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway, it mirrors the nearly identical Clements State Bank Building in a nearby town, representing the era's pattern of outside commercial investment in railroad communities. After the bank's closure in 1930, the building cycled through various uses—doctor's office, bank exchange, and post office from 1951 to 1989—before falling into severe disrepair with a partially collapsed roof. In 2009, a local resident purchased and comprehensively renovated the structure, restoring floors and roof while adding modern systems including high-efficiency windows and geothermal heating. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and now houses apartments above, with plans for ground-floor commercial space.