Editing Lake Crystal, Minnesota (section)

===1900s===
[[File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lake Crystal, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. LOC sanborn04322 003-4.jpg|thumb|Map of Lake Crystal's business block on the east side of Main Street in January 1908, showing some of the major buildings, churches, and schoolhouse.]]
[[File:Making cement sidewalks, Lake Crystal, Minnesota - DPLA - c382ece36053a381cfb1b1eebdf26c45.jpg|thumb|Making cement sidewalks, Lake Crystal, Minnesota]]
The Graif Brothers Flour Mill burned down in 1901 and was replaced in 1902 by the Lake Crystal Milling Company Plant,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lake Crystal is After Factories|date=August 6, 1904|work=The Minneapolis Journal}}</ref> which was torn down in the late 1980s. The Lake Crystal First National Bank building was built in 1902 on Main Street, and held the bank until the 1920s. In 1905 the main railroad and depot in town was moved north to the south shore of Lily Lake, where the railroad resides today. In 1908, the first water tower was built, standing about 110 feet tall. It was torn down in 1995. On October 10, 1919, the Lake Crystal [[American Legion]] John W. Roth Post 294 was established by 15 Lake Crystal World War I veterans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centennial.legion.org/minnesota/post294|title=Post 294 Lake Crystal, Minnesota {{!}} The American Legion Centennial Celebration|website=centennial.legion.org|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref> Also in 1919, Main Street was paved and the sewer system was reconditioned. The ''Lake Crystal Tribune'' began publishing weekly in December 1921.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/hub/lake-crystal-tribune|title=Lake Crystal Tribune|website=Minnesota Historical Society|language=en|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref> In 1926 a new hospital was built on Main Street, run by Fred Franchere. Also in 1926, a new school addition was added. It was demolished in 2007. In 1937, the City Municipal Power Plant was built, and still provides power to the city today.<ref name=":0" /> On January 1, 1937, an accidental fire destroyed the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. The present-day First Presbyterian Church was built in 1937 on the corner of Prince and Crystal Streets. The Minnesota Valley Gas Company began to serve the community in 1941. Trinity Lutheran Church was built in 1947 on the corner of Watonwan and Main Street. The present-day Holy Family Catholic Church was built in 1951, replacing the Humphrey Street Catholic church.<ref name=":2" /> In 1954, another school addition was built, which was demolished in 2007. Zion Lutheran Church moved to its present site on the corner of Robinson and Crystal Street in 1957.<ref name=":1" /> In 1959, the Crystal CO OP elevator was built. It had 2,200,000 bushel grain bins added to it in the late 1960s to early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crystalvalley.coop/media/files/Annual_Report_2016.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112005250/https://crystalvalley.coop/media/files/Annual_Report_2016.pdf |archive-date=2020-01-12 |url-status=live|title=2016 Annual Report, Crystal Valley|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Highway 60 was moved closer to the railroad and became a four-lane highway in 1968, replacing the old highway, also known as Lily Street. In 1970 a new post office was built on the corner of Prince and Main Street, which is still in use today. In 1971, an elementary school was built along County Road 9. In 1973 the Lake Crystal National Bank was moved from 101 South Main Street to a new building,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=387&LayerID=5678&PageTypeID=4&PageID=3069&KeyValue=R091205201002|title=Beacon - Blue Earth County, MN - Report: R091205201002|website=beacon.schneidercorp.com|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref> which is now owned by MinnStar Bank. The city population reached 2,068 in 1978. In the 1970s, three historic buildings were demolished on south Main Street and replaced by the Lake Crystal Towers, a five-story apartment building built in 1978. A new City Hall was built in 1980 in Marston Park, and was added onto in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Free Press, City Hall|date=April 14, 1980|work=The Free Press}}</ref> In 1983, Crystal Valley built a new, two-bin, concrete grain elevator. It added three larger bins in 1985, and is still in use today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=387&LayerID=5678&PageTypeID=4&PageID=3069&KeyValue=R091206226008|title=Beacon - Blue Earth County, MN - Report: R091206226008|website=beacon.schneidercorp.com|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref> Also in 1983, the Baptists moved from their Humphrey Street church to their present one on Oakland Street. A new wastewater treatment plant opened along County Road 20 North in 1987. The Elmore Line was removed in the 1980s along with the many grain elevators along its path. A new Lake Crystal Fire Hall was built in 1988 on Hunt Street, replacing the Fire Hall at 101 North Main Street, which is now the police department. In 1995 a new water tower was built between Hunt and Lincoln Streets which was painted tan, and is still in use today. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, five historical buildings on Humphrey Street were demolished. In 1999 Crystal Gardens housing developments were constructed at the end of Blue Earth Street, which now houses 40 residences.