Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence

Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence
Location 601 3rd Ave., Two Harbors, Minnesota
Coordinates 47°1′19.7″N 91°40′17.3″W / 47.022139°N 91.671472°W / 47.022139; -91.671472Coordinates: 47°1′19.7″N 91°40′17.3″W / 47.022139°N 91.671472°W / 47.022139; -91.671472
Area less than one acre
Built 1906[1]
Architect James MacLeod, Pastoret & Lunz
Architectural style Beaux Arts, Queen Anne style
NRHP Reference #

83000912[2]

[3]
Added to NRHP February 24, 1983

The Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence, located at 601 3rd Avenue in Two Harbors, Lake County in the U.S. state of Minnesota was built in 1906. In 1888 a two-story brick sheriff's residence and jail was erected with an adjacent Queen Anne style style courthouse. A 1904 fire destroyed the courthouse, but the jail and residence remained. The replacement building, designed in the Beaux Arts style by James Allen MacLeod was built of brick and limestone, featuring quoin blocks, stone window surrounds with large keystones, dentil moulding, and four large columns supporting the entry overhang. The courtroom was topped with an open semi-circular dome covered with metallic scaled shakes. In 1945, the dome was enclosed from below. Axel Edward Soderberg was commissioned to paint murals depicting "Law and Justice", commerce, mining, and logging, at a cost of $1,500 in 1905. The jail and residence building were razed in the 1990s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lake County, MN". Lake County, MN. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
  2. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places". www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. 2007-10-16.
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