National Register of Historic Places listings in Carlton County, Minnesota

Location of Carlton County in Minnesota

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 August 18, 2023. ^[1]

Current listings

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[2]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [3]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Carlton County Courthouse	Carlton County Courthouse	August 29, 1985 (#85001926)	301 Walnut Avenue 46°39′54″N92°25′28″W / 46.665°N 92.4244°W / 46.665; -92.4244 (Carlton County Courthouse)	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	Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic	March 29, 1984 (#84001409)	Mission Road 46°41′03″N92°38′12″W / 46.6842°N 92.6367°W / 46.6842; -92.6367 (Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic)	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	Cloquet City Hall	September 11, 1985 (#85002312)	Avenue B and Arch Street 46°43′24″N92°27′54″W / 46.7232°N 92.4650°W / 46.7232; -92.4650 (Cloquet City Hall)	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	Cloquet High School	April 5, 2021 (#100006356)	509 Carlton Ave. 46°43′04″N92°27′30″W / 46.7178°N 92.4584°W / 46.7178; -92.4584 (Cloquet High School)	Cloquet	The former high school building has been converted into apartments, called Carlton Lofts.
5	Cloquet-Northern Office Building	Cloquet-Northern Office Building	August 29, 1985 (#85001925)	Avenue C and Arch Street 46°43′21″N92°27′53″W / 46.7224°N 92.4647°W / 46.7224; -92.4647 (Cloquet-Northern Office Building)	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	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″N92°19′17″W / 46.6731°N 92.3214°W / 46.6731; -92.3214 (Grand Portage of the St. Louis River)	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	Jay Cooke State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District More images	June 11, 1992 (#89001665)	Off Minnesota Highway 210 east of Carlton 46°39′15″N92°22′17″W / 46.6543°N 92.3713°W / 46.6543; -92.3713 (Jay Cooke State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District)	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	Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Picnic Grounds More images	June 11, 1992 (#92000640)	Off Minnesota Highway 210 southeast of Forbay Lake 46°39′20″N92°21′08″W / 46.6556°N 92.3522°W / 46.6556; -92.3522 (Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Picnic Grounds)	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	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″N92°20′50″W / 46.6611°N 92.3472°W / 46.6611; -92.3472 (Jay Cooke State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Service Yard)	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	Lindholm Oil Company Service Station More images	September 11, 1985 (#85002202)	202 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N92°27′39″W / 46.7214°N 92.4608°W / 46.7214; -92.4608 (Lindholm Oil Company Service Station)	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	Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot	March 17, 1994 (#86003813)	840 Folz Boulevard 46°27′14″N92°46′07″W / 46.4539°N 92.7686°W / 46.4539; -92.7686 (Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Depot)	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	Northeastern Hotel More images	November 8, 1984 (#84000218)	115 Saint Louis Avenue 46°43′33″N92°27′49″W / 46.7257°N 92.4636°W / 46.7257; -92.4636 (Northeastern Hotel)	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	Henry C. Oldenburg House	December 27, 2006 (#06001183)	604 Chestnut Street 46°39′49″N92°25′06″W / 46.6637°N 92.4182°W / 46.6637; -92.4182 (Henry C. Oldenburg House)	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	Park Place Historic District	August 29, 1985 (#85001924)	1, 512, 520, and 528 Park Place 46°43′16″N92°28′08″W / 46.7212°N 92.4689°W / 46.7212; -92.4689 (Park Place Historic District)	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	Shaw Memorial Library	August 29, 1985 (#85001927)	406 Cloquet Avenue 46°43′17″N92°27′32″W / 46.7214°N 92.4589°W / 46.7214; -92.4589 (Shaw Memorial Library)	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	Kalevala Finnish Evangelical National Lutheran Church	October 1, 1998 (#98001218)	August 16, 2006	Minnesota Highway 73 (original address) Current coordinates are 46°32′08″N92°54′24″W / 46.5355°N 92.9066°W / 46.5355; -92.9066 (Kalevala Finnish Evangelical National Lutheran Church)	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

1. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 18, 2023.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Carlton County Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
5. 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.
6. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cloquet City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
7. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Cloquet-Northern Office Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Lindholm Oil Company Service Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
13. 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.
14. "Moose Lake Area Historical Society" . Retrieved 2012-11-15.
15. Karppinen, Sandra (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Northeastern Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
16. Tschofen, Carmen (August 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oldenburg, Henry C., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
17. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Park Place Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
18. Holum, Liz (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Shaw Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
19. "Carlton County Historical Society" . Retrieved 2012-11-16.
20. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota . Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN   0-87351-448-3.
21. "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