The work on the Court House goes bravely on. When finished, it will be one of the finest public buildings in the State. (Red Wing Sentinel, Saturday, April 23, 1859, Page 3)
The Court House is nearly completed. So nearly that two disagreeable facts in connection with it – which we pointed out before the plan was adopted or the contract made for its construction – stand out quite prominently. First, the Court room is not fit, in any respect, for the purpose, being too small by one half, and not properly arranged. (Red Wing Sentinel, Saturday, May 21, 1859, Page 2)
The Court House is about finished, there remaining but little work, such as ornamenting, painting and furnishing to be done. (Red Wing Sentinel, Saturday, July 2, 1859, Page 3)
Hill, Simmons & Co., balance due them on settlement for insurance on Court House. (Red Wing Sentinel, Saturday, October 29, 1859, Page 2)
The courthouse was completed and turned over by the contractors in August, 1859. The excavation, the stone work and the carpenter work was done by Hill, Simmons & Co., the contractors. The brick was made by John Carter, and laid in the wall by Messrs. Brink, Todd & Co. The plastering work was done by the same firm. (History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Company, Chicago, 1909, Page 114)
Mr. (Wm.) Brink may be said to be a builder by blood, inheritance and training, his great grandfather, grandfather, uncles and cousins having followed the business, and his father, a leading contractor in New York, having placed him in charge of important work from the time he was fifteen years old. He was principal of his firm when it had the brick work contract at the union depot, when his late uncle, the Hon. C. R. Brink, was a member of the firm. The firm is now composed of William and Alonzo Brink, brothers, and Wm. B. Williams. (Saint Paul Daily Globe, Friday, May 6, 1881, Page 2)