Architecture #1: Public Buildings
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Municipal Buildings
Federal Facilities
Town of Duluth Post Office (1857–1936)
U.S. Government Fish Hatchery (1888) | 6008 London Road
Duluth Federal Building (1892–1935)
U.S. Lifesaving Station (1894–1955)
U. S. Weather Station (1903) | 621 West 8th Street
U.S. Corps of Engineers Building (1905) | 600 Lake Avenue South
U. S. Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building (1929) | 515 West First Street
State Facilities
Duluth Third Regiment Armory (1896) | 201-207 East First Street
Duluth National Guard Armory (1915) | 1626 London Road
County Facilities
St. Louis County Courthouse (1883–1915)
St. Louis County Courthouse (1909) | 100 North Fifth Avenue West
St. Louis County Jail (1889–1954)
St. Louis County Jail (1923) | 513–529 West Second Street
St. Louis County Poor Farm, aka Cook Home (1904) | 2501 Rice Lake Road
Village & City Facilities
West Duluth Village Hall (1888–2014)
Duluth City Hall (1889) | 128 East Superior Street
Duluth City Hall (1928) | 411 West First Street
Duluth Police Headquarters & Jail (1890) | 126 East Superior Street
Duluth Volunteer Fire Department (1871) | 22 East Second Street
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #1 (1887) | 101 East Third Street
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #2 (1889) | 1718 West First Street
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #4 (1903) | 1402 East Second Street
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #5 (1931) | 2140 Minnesota Avenue
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #7 (1913) | 901 Seventh Avenue East
Duluth Fire Department Engine House #10 (1927) | 311 Commonwealth Avenue
Duluth Public Library Main Branch (1902) | 101 West Second Street
Duluth Public Library West Duluth Branch (1912–2011)
Duluth Public Library Lester Park Branch (1926) | 106 North 54th Avenue East
Duluth Public Library Lincoln Branch (1917) | 2227 West Second Street
Duluth Public Library Woodland Branch (1928) | 3723 Woodland Avenue
Duluth Water & Gas Building (1921) | 420 West First Street
West Duluth Municipal Building (1916) | 601 North Central Avenue
Lakewood Pump House (1897) | 8131 Congdon Boulevard
Schools & Colleges
Duluth Public Schools
Adams Elementary (1885–1968)
Bryant Elementary (1895–1974)
Cobb Elementary School (1913) | 110 West Redwing Street
Denfeld High School (1926) | 4405 West Fourth Street
Duluth High School (1886–1976)
Duluth Central High School (1892) | 215 North First Avenue East
East Junior/East High School (1927)
Ely Elementary (1906) | 2900 E. Fourth St.
Emerson Elementary School (1891) | 1030 West Third Street
Endion Elementary School (1890) | 1801 East First Street
Ensign Elementary (1908–1981)
Fairmount Elementary School (1910) | 6715 Redruth Street
Franklin Elementary (1888–1979)
Glen Avon Elementary (1893–1910)
Irving Elementary School (1895) | 101 North 56th Avenue West
Jackson Elementary (1893–1993)
Jefferson Elementary School (1893) | 916 East Third Street
Kenwood Elementary School (1926) | 1775 Kenwood Avenue
Lester Park Elementary (1892–1925)
Lester Park Elementary (1918–2011)
Lakeside Elementary School (1893) | 4628 Pitt Street
Lincoln Elementary School (1889) | 2427 West Fourth Street
Longfellow Elementary (1891)
Lowell Elementary School (1894) | 15 West Central Entrance
Madison Elementary School (1907) | 802 Garfield Avenue
Merritt Elementary School (1911) | 510 North 40th Avenue West
Morgan Park School (1916–2017)
Munger Elementary School (1914) | 1120 East Eighth Street
Monroe Elementary (1900–1992)
Oneota Elementary (1888–1973)
Oneota Town School (1857–??)
Riverside Elementary School (1921) | 8901 Grand Avenue Place
Salter Elementary School (1909) | 1600 London Road
Stowe Elementary (1892–??)
Washburn Elementary School (1905) | 201 West St. Andrews Street
Washington Elementary (1883–1891)
Washington Junior High School (1911) | 315 North Lake Avenue
Whittier Elementary (1892–1923)
Private & Catholic Schools
Hardy Hall, aka Craggencroft (1891–1905)
St. Thomas Aquinas School (1886–??) & Catholic Association Hall (1890–??)
Cathedral School / Sacred Heart Junior High (1904) | 206 West Fourth Street
Cathedral High School (1910–1963) & Christian Brothers Home (1907) | 315 N. Second Ave. W.
St. Michael’s Catholic School (1923) | 4924 Pitt Street
Sacred Heart Institute / St. Mary’s School of Nursing (1895) | 231 East Third Street
Colleges & Universities
College of St. Scholastica’s Villa Scholastica, aka Tower Hall (1909)
College of St. Scholastica’s Stanbrook Hall/St. Scholastica Monastery (1938)
College of St. Scholastica’s Chapel of Our Lady Queen of Peace (1938)
Duluth Normal School Main Building, aka “Old Main” (1901–1992)
Washburn Hall, Duluth Normal School (1906) | 2305 East Fifth Street
Torrance Hall, Duluth Normal School (1909) | 600 North 23rd Avenue East
Duluth State Teacher College’s Model School Building (1928) | 600 N. 23rd Ave. E.
Darling Observatory (1917–1972)
Finnish Work People’s College
Houses of Worship
Synagogues
Shaara Tzedek (1922–1967)
Temple Adas Israel (1902–2019)
Tifereth Israel (1922–1995)
Temple Emanuel / Temple Israel Synagogue (1923) | 1902 East Fourth Street
Orthodox Churches
St. George Serbian Orthodox | 1216 104th Avenue East
Catholic Churches
Blessed Mary Margaret Catholic Church (1918–2019) & Rectory (1918) | 1467 88th Avenue West
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary (1957) | 2802 East Fourth Street
Good Shepherd Catholic (1916–1959)
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (1870–1892)
Sacred Heart Cathedral (1896) | 201 West Fourth Street
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church (1923) | 1030 East Eighth Street
St. Clement’s Catholic Church (1911–1992)
St. Clement’s Catholic Church Rectory (1911) | 2032 West Third Street
St. James Catholic (1903) | 721 North 57h Avenue West
St. Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church (1885–1925 & 1904–1990)
St. Josephat Catholic (1908) | 417 North Third Avenue East
St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic (1906) | 325 East Third Street
Sts. Peter & Paul Polish Catholic Church (1902) | 2401 West Fifth Street
St. Peter’s Catholic Church (1926) | 818 West Third Street
Protestant Churches
United Protestant (1922) | 830 88th Aveenue West
First Swedish Baptist aka Temple Baptist (1910) | 2202 West Third Street
Pilgrim Congregational Church (1888–1915)
Pilgrim Congregational Church (1917) | 2310 East Superior Street
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1869–1925)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1913) | 1710 E Superior Street
St. Peter’s Swedish Episcopal Church (1903) | 2801 West First Street
Trinity Episcopal Pro-Cathedral (1905, Mount of Olives) | 2012 East Superior Street
St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church (1873) | 932 East Third Street
Bethany Lutheran (1903) | 2302 West Third Street
Bethel Finnish Lutheran Church (1916) | 5302 Ramsey Street
Bethesda Norwegian Lutheran Church (1902–1977)
First Evangelical Lutheran Church (1895–1972)
First Swedish Evangelical Lutheran, aka Gloria Dei (1906) | 219 North 6th Avenue East
Mount Olive English Lutheran Church (1922) | 1922 1901 East Fourth Street
St. Stephen’s Lutheran (1894–1959)
St. Stephen’s German-English Lutheran Church (1915) | 30 North 58th Avenue West
Salem Lutheran Church (1922) | 3009 Restormel Street
Zion Evangelical Lutheran (1890) | 2431 West Third Street
Chester Park United Methodist Church (1928) | 814 North 18th Avenue East
Endion Methodist & Episcopal Church (1909) | 1830 East First Street
First Methodist Church (1871–1893, 1893–1968)
Merritt Memorial Methodist Church (1892–1993)
St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopalian (1913) | 530 North 5th Avenue East
First Presbyterian Church (1870–1971)
First Presbyterian Church (1892) | 300 East Second Street
Glen Avon Presbyterian (1909) | 2105 Woodland Avenue
First Unitarian Church (1910) | 1802 East First Street
First Church of Christ Scientist (1910) | 902 East First Street
Charitable Facilities
Social Services
Barnes-Ames Building (1916) | 2 East Second Street
Bethany Lutheran Children’s Home (1892–1920)
Bethany Lutheran Children’s Home (1922)
Duluth Children’s Home (1922–1974)
St. James Orphanage, (1910) | 4321 Allendale Avenue
Duluth Bethel (1888–1948)
Duluth Bethel (1911) | 23 Mesaba Avenue
Northern Bible Society Building (1932) | 715 West Superior Street
Duluth Downtown YMCA (1908–1974)
YWCA Building (1909)| 202 West Second Street
Hospitals
Duluth Clinic (1928) | 205 West Second Street
Miller Memorial Hospital (1934) | 502–510 East Second street
Morgan Park Hospital (1916–1934)
Nopeming Tuberculosis Sanatorium (1909)
Riverside Hospital (1918) | 1 Riverside Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital (Dates unknown)
St. Luke’s Hospital (1883–1920)
St. Mary’s Hospital (1888–1958)
St. Mary’s Hospital (1898–1967) & Annex (1922) | 405 East 3rd Street
Thomas Feigh Hospital (1915) | 1600 N. 8th Ave W.
Webber Hospital (1927) | 5601 Grand Avenue
West Duluth’s Historic Hospitals
Mortuaries
Crawford Funeral Home (1923) | 131 East Second Street
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