Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence
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Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence
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| Location | 601 3rd Ave., Two Harbors, Minnesota |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1906[3] |
| Architect | James MacLeod, Pastoret & Lunz |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Queen Anne style |
| NRHP Reference # | 83000912[1] [2] |
| 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.[3]
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- Beaux-Arts architecture in Minnesota
- Houses in Lake County, Minnesota
- County courthouses in Minnesota
- County government buildings in Minnesota
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
- Government buildings completed in 1906
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
