Minnesota - St. Louis County - Historic Districts
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
GlowingBeetles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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
Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Appraiser, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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