National Register of Historic Places listings in Carlton County, Minnesota facts for kids
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.
Current listings
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton County Courthouse |
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(#85001926) |
301 Walnut Avenue 46°39′54″N 92°25′28″W / 46.665°N 92.424444°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. |
| 2 | Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic |
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(#84001409) |
Mission Road 46°41′03″N 92°38′12″W / 46.684167°N 92.636667°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. |
| 3 | Cloquet City Hall |
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(#85002312) |
Avenue B and Arch Street 46°43′23″N 92°27′54″W / 46.723171°N 92.464963°W |
Cloquet | 1920 city hall, a governmental source and architectural symbol of reconstruction efforts after the 1918 Cloquet Fire destroyed most of the community. |
| 4 | Cloquet-Northern Office Building |
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(#85001925) |
Avenue C and Arch Street 46°43′21″N 92°27′53″W / 46.722375°N 92.464655°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. |
| 5 | Grand Portage of the St. Louis River |
(#73000966) |
West of Duluth in Jay Cooke State Park off Minnesota Highway 210 46°40′23″N 92°19′17″W / 46.673056°N 92.321389°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. | |
| 6 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District |
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(#89001665) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 east of Carlton 46°39′15″N 92°22′17″W / 46.654295°N 92.371314°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. |
| 7 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Picnic Grounds |
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(#92000640) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 southeast of Forbay Lake 46°39′20″N 92°21′08″W / 46.655556°N 92.352222°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. |
| 8 | Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Service Yard |
(#92000642) |
Off Minnesota Highway 210 east of Forbay Lake 46°39′40″N 92°20′50″W / 46.661111°N 92.347222°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. | |
| 9 | Lindholm Oil Company Service Station |
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(#85002202) |
202 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N 92°27′39″W / 46.721389°N 92.460833°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. |
| 10 | Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot |
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(#86003813) |
840 Folz Boulevard 46°27′14″N 92°46′07″W / 46.453889°N 92.768611°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. Now houses a local history museum. |
| 11 | Northeastern Hotel |
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(#84000218) |
115 Saint Louis Avenue 46°43′33″N 92°27′49″W / 46.725749°N 92.463598°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. |
| 12 | Henry C. Oldenburg House |
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(#06001183) |
604 Chestnut Street 46°39′49″N 92°25′06″W / 46.663704°N 92.418202°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. |
| 13 | Park Place Historic District |
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(#85001924) |
1, 512, 520, and 528 Park Place 46°43′16″N 92°28′08″W / 46.721248°N 92.468925°W |
Cloquet | Four large houses built by Weyerhaeuser for its executives in 1919, creating the most prestigious cluster of residences in Cloquet. |
| 14 | Shaw Memorial Library |
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(#85001927) |
406 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N 92°27′32″W / 46.721389°N 92.458889°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. Now houses the Carlton County Historical Society. |
Former listings
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalevala Finnish Evangelical National Lutheran Church |
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(#98001218) |
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Minnesota Highway 73 (original address) Current coordinates are 46°32′08″N 92°54′24″W / 46.535462°N 92.906648°W |
Kalevala Township | 1915 frame church. Moved in 2003. |
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