The Jordan sandstone is quarried at Jordan by Frank Nicolin [father] and Philip Kipp. It lies in beds from eight inches to two or three feet thick. Mr. Nicolin’s flour-mill at this place, built of this stone, is 60 by 70 feet in area and 75 feet high, in six stories, having its walls 5 feet thick at the base and 20 inches at the top. Besides this structure, which was erected in 1878 and 1879, Mr. Nicolin’s quarry has within three years supplied $2000 worth of stone, sold to the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad for bridge masonry and to other purchasers.
Source:
The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota
The Eighth Annual Report, For The Year 1879
Submitted to the President of the University, Feb. 18, 1880
The Pioneer Press Company, Saint Paul, 1880
Page 124
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Member of the state Democratic club, executive committee: Henry Nicolin, Jordan
Source:
The Saint Paul Daily Globe
Friday Morning, May 15, 1891
Volume VIII, Number 135, Page 4