National Register of Historic Places - Minnesota (MN), St. Louis County

St. Louis County Minnesota (Historic Districts) has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Listening Point, Aho, Elias and Lisi, Historic Farmstead, Duluth Civic Center Historic District, Duluth Commercial Historic District and Duluth State Normal School Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these St. Louis County historic places including Sigurd F. Olson and Samuel J. Cusson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the St. Louis County places including Gregorius Hanka, Andrew Saari, Daniel & Co. Burnham, John Wangenstein, Clarence H. Johnston Sr., Mikko Pyhala, Matt Pyhala, Palmer, Hall, & Hunt, Matt Hill and Elias Aho. Prominent architectural styles found in St. Louis Country are Tudor Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements.

Aho, Elias and Lisi, Historic Farmstead (added 1990 - - #90000499)

Off Twnshp. Rd. 358 , Tower

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Aho,Elias

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

European, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Burntside Lodge Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000896)

Off Co. Hwy. 88 , Ely

Finavon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Meitunen & Peterson

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Chisholm Commercial Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000512)

Chisholm, Chisholm

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation, Other

Period of Significance:

1900-1949 AD

Congdon, Chester and Clara, Estate (added 1991 - - #91001057)

Also known as Glensheen

3300 London Rd. , Duluth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Leavitt,Charles W.,Jr., Johnston,Clarence H.,Sr.

Architectural Style:

Other, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Duluth Civic Center Historic District (added 1986 - - #86003097)

Fifth Ave. W and First St. , Duluth

Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Burnham,Daniel & Co.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal, Local

Historic Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Customhouse, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Customhouse, Monument/Marker

Duluth Commercial Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000455)

Superior and 1st bet. 4th Ave. W and 4th Ave. E , Duluth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wangenstein, John, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Business, City Hall, Correctional Facility, Hotel, Professional, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Specialty Store, Theater

Duluth State Normal School Historic District (added 1985 - - #85002757)

Also known as University of Minnesota, Duluth (Lower Campus)

E. Fifth St. , Duluth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnston,Clarence H.,Sr., Palmer, Hall, & Hunt

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Educational Related Housing

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Research Facility

East Howard Street Commercial Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000255)

101--510 E. Howard St. , Hibbing

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Flint Creek Farm Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000139)

Also known as Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Company Summer Farm

MN 1 , Cook

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Cusson,Samuel J.,et al.

Significant Year:

1915

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Storage

Hanka, Gregorius and Mary, Historic Farmstead (added 1990 - - #90000500)

Off Twnshp. Rd. 6544 , Tower

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hanka,Gregorius

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

European, Agriculture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Hearding, John Harris, Grammar and High School and John A. Johnson Grammar School (added 2003 - - #96001593)

Jct. of 4th Ave. N and First St. W , Aurora

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Height of Land Portage (added 1992 - - #92000842)

Also known as Hauteur de Terre Portage;Portage of the Twelve Poses

Off Co. Rd. 138, Embarrass, White and Pike Townships , Embarrass

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American, European, Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Pedestrian Related

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest

Hibbing Disposal Plant (added 1991 - - #91001022)

Also known as Hibbing Waste Treatment Plant

1300 E. 23rd St. , Hibbing

Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,J.C., WPA

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Engineering, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Public Works

Hill, Matt and Emma, Historic Farmstead (added 1990 - - #90000768)

Off Twnshp. Rd. 303 , Tower

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hill,Matt

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, European

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ingersoll, William, Estate (added 2011 - - #11000360)

Ingersoll's Island, Crane Lake

McGhiever, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Kabetogama Ranger Station District (added 1993 - - #93000479)

Also known as Forestry District 16 Patrol Station

SW shore of Kabetogama Lake, Voyageurs NP (VOYA) , Ray

Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Wolff, Fred P.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Conservation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Forest, Institutional Housing, Public Works

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Single Dwelling

Kettle Falls Historic District (added 1978 - - #78000376)

Also known as See Also:Kettle Falls Hotel

Kettle Channel in Voyageurs National Park , Island View

Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Commerce, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water Works

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water Works

Listening Point (added 2007 - - #07001316)

3128 Listening Point Rd. , Ely

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Olson, Sigurd F.

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Literature

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Conservation Area

Current Function:

Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Museum, School

Matson, Mike and Mary, Historic Farmstead (added 1990 - - #90000769)

Off Co. Hwy 21 , Tower

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hanka,Gregorius

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, European

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility

Monson's Hoist Bay Resort (added 2011 - - #11000362)

Hoist Bay, Namakan Lake

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Pioneer Mine Buildings and A Headframe (added 1978 - - #78003127)

Also known as Pioneer Headframe

Off Pioneer Rd. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pyhala, Anna and Mikko, Farm (added 2003 - - #03000521)

4745 Salo Rd. , Embarrass

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pyhala, Mikko, Pyhala, Matt

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, European, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Saari, Andrew and Hedvig, Historic Farmstead (added 1990 - - #90000496)

Off Twnshp. Rd. 367 , Tower

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Saari,Andrew

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

European, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Stuntz Bay Boathouse Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000460)

At the northern of Stuntz Bay Rd. , Breitung Township

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

United States Army Corps of Engineers Duluth Vessel Yard (added 1995 - - #95001163)

Jct. of Ninth St., S. and Minnesota Ave. , Duluth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Maritime History, Engineering, Politics/Government, Conservation, Community Planning And Development, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Other, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works, Water-Related

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Other, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Water Works, Water-Related

Virginia Commercial Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000020)

Chestnut St. between 1st and 6th Aves. , Virginia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store