Batchelder's Block

Batchelder's Block is the second-oldest surviving commercial building in Faribault, Minnesota, United States; constructed in 1868.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce.

The only older commercial building still standing in Faribault is the 1865 Heinrick Building, though that structure has been architecturally modified while Batchelder's Block retains "a very high degree" of historical integrity.

[2] Batchelder's Block was the first three-story building in Faribault, and the first to include a pulley-operated elevator.

The third floor was contained office space, and was leased for many years by the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the first labor union active in Faribault.