This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carlton County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. A supplementary list includes one additional site that was formerly listed on the National Register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[1]
Current listings
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[3] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton County Courthouse |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001926) |
301 Walnut Avenue 46°39′54″N 92°25′28″W / 46.665°N 92.4244°W | Carlton | County courthouse built 1922–24, one of Carlton County's most prominent public buildings, the longstanding seat of its government, and a work of notable Duluth architect Clyde Kelly.[4] |
| 2 | Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic |  |
March 29, 1984 (#84001409) |
Mission Road 46°41′03″N 92°38′12″W / 46.6842°N 92.6367°W | Sawyer | 1884 church expanded in the 1920s, one of the state's oldest Catholic churches built by an Ojibwe parish, one of the oldest churches in northern Minnesota overall, and one of Carlton County's few historic buildings to predate the 1918 Cloquet Fire.[5] |
| 3 | Cloquet City Hall |  |
September 11, 1985 (#85002312) |
Avenue B and Arch Street 46°43′24″N 92°27′54″W / 46.7232°N 92.4650°W | Cloquet | 1920 city hall, a governmental source and architectural symbol of reconstruction efforts after the 1918 Cloquet Fire destroyed most of the community.[6] |
| 4 | Cloquet High School |  |
April 5, 2021 (#100006356) |
509 Carlton Ave. 46°43′04″N 92°27′30″W / 46.7178°N 92.4584°W | Cloquet | The former high school building has been converted into apartments, called Carlton Lofts. |
| 5 | Cloquet-Northern Office Building |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001925) |
Avenue C and Arch Street 46°43′21″N 92°27′53″W / 46.7224°N 92.4647°W | Cloquet | 1919 office building—Cloquet's largest from the construction boom after the 1918 fire—which housed nearly all of the lumber town's principal businesses.[7] |
| 6 | Grand Portage of the St. Louis River |  |
May 24, 1973 (#73000966) |
West of Duluth in Jay Cooke State Park off Minnesota Highway 210 46°40′23″N 92°19′17″W / 46.6731°N 92.3214°W | Duluth vicinity | 7-mile (11 km) portage on a crucial Native American and fur trade-era route between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins.[8] |
| 7 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District |  |
June 11, 1992 (#89001665) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 east of Carlton 46°39′15″N 92°22′17″W / 46.6543°N 92.3713°W | Carlton vicinity | Exemplary suspension bridge built in 1934 and inn built 1940–42, associated with New Deal federal work relief, the development a major Minnesota state park, and National Park Service rustic architecture.[9] |
| 8 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Picnic Grounds |  |
June 11, 1992 (#92000640) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 southeast of Forbay Lake 46°39′20″N 92°21′08″W / 46.6556°N 92.3522°W | Carlton vicinity | Three park facilities constructed 1934–36, associated with New Deal federal work relief, the development a major Minnesota state park, and National Park Service rustic architecture.[10] |
| 9 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Service Yard |  |
June 11, 1992 (#92000642) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 east of Forbay Lake 46°39′40″N 92°20′50″W / 46.6611°N 92.3472°W | Carlton vicinity | Two park buildings constructed 1934–35, associated with New Deal federal work relief, the development a major Minnesota state park, and National Park Service rustic architecture.[11] |
| 10 | Lindholm Oil Company Service Station |  |
September 11, 1985 (#85002202) |
202 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N 92°27′39″W / 46.7214°N 92.4608°W | Cloquet | World's only gas station built from a design by Frank Lloyd Wright, constructed in 1958 and an influence on subsequent Phillips 66 stations.[12] |
| 11 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot |  |
March 17, 1994 (#86003813) |
840 Folz Boulevard 46°27′14″N 92°46′07″W / 46.4539°N 92.7686°W | Moose Lake | 1907 first-class railway station that served an important junction for passengers, grain, and iron ore, and provided emergency housing for people left homeless by the 1918 Cloquet Fire.[13] Now houses a local history museum.[14] |
| 12 | Northeastern Hotel |  |
November 8, 1984 (#84000218) |
115 Saint Louis Avenue 46°43′33″N 92°27′49″W / 46.7257°N 92.4636°W | Cloquet | 1904 hotel and bar on a river island, remnant of a lumber-era saloon district and temporary site of a hospital and post office in the aftermath of the 1918 Cloquet Fire.[15] |
| 13 | Henry C. Oldenburg House |  |
December 27, 2006 (#06001183) |
604 Chestnut Street 46°39′49″N 92°25′06″W / 46.6637°N 92.4182°W | Carlton | 1894 house of politician and attorney Henry C. Oldenburg (1858–1926), an influential local figure in Carlton County's development and the emerging conservation movement.[16] |
| 14 | Park Place Historic District |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001924) |
1, 512, 520, and 528 Park Place 46°43′16″N 92°28′08″W / 46.7212°N 92.4689°W | Cloquet | Four large houses built by Weyerhaeuser for its executives in 1919, creating the most prestigious cluster of residences in Cloquet.[17] |
| 15 | Shaw Memorial Library |  |
August 29, 1985 (#85001927) |
406 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N 92°27′32″W / 46.7214°N 92.4589°W | Cloquet | For many years the county's only public library, built in 1920. Also noted as a work of Duluth architects Kelly & Shefchik and a public building erected after the 1918 Cloquet Fire.[18] Now houses the Carlton County Historical Society.[19] |
Former listings
| [2] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalevala Finnish Evangelical National Lutheran Church |  |
October 1, 1998 (#98001218) | August 16, 2006 | Minnesota Highway 73 (original address) Current coordinates are 46°32′08″N 92°54′24″W / 46.5355°N 92.9066°W | Kalevala Township | 1915 frame church.[20] Moved in 2003.[21] |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota
References
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Carlton County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Thomas, Dr. Anthony E. (1983-06-28). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Sts. Joseph and Mary Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cloquet City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cloquet-Northern Office Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Mitchell, Diana (1973-03-14). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Grand Portage of the St. Louis River". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Anderson, Rolf T. (1992-03-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Anderson, Rolf T. (1992-03-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Picnic Grounds". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Anderson, Rolf T. (1992-03-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Service Yard". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Lindholm Oil Company Service Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "Moose Lake Area Historical Society". Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ^ Karppinen, Sandra (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Northeastern Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Tschofen, Carmen (August 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oldenburg, Henry C., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Park Place Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ^ Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Shaw Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ^ "Carlton County Historical Society". Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
- ^ "Changes to the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota, 2003-2010". Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
External links
- Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society
