This is a complete list of National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ramsey 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.
The county's historic places include houses, places of worship, commerce, and education, and community centers and infrastructure. Several districts encompass several structures of related historic significance. Some of the oldest structures in the state are in Ramsey County, representing the earliest of non-indigenous residents in the state. As the northernmost natural port on the Upper Mississippi River, Saint Paul grew, handling both river and rail freight and passenger traffic. Even as Minneapolis (in Hennepin County) eventually surpassed Saint Paul in the volume of commerce, Saint Paul remained relevant as the state capital and associated government services and employment kept the county growing. Several of the sites are specifically related to the various first-generation immigrant populations that made Ramsey County their new home in the United States, especially Germans, Czechs, Scandinavians, and Austro-Hungarians, which together comprised the majority of residents in the first century of the county's history.
1983 headquarters of American Hoist & Derrick, a nationally significant manufacturer of heavy equipment active 1882–1985, and one of the largest companies based in Saint Paul.[6]
1916 Carnegie library, one of three in Saint Paul and one of the last built in the U.S. Also noted as an early project of city architect Charles A. Hausler and an important Beaux-Arts neighborhood landmark.[7] Now the East Side Freedom Library.
Highly fashionable 1887 Victorian apartment building commissioned by entrepreneur Frank P. Blair.[12] Also a contributing property to the Historic Hill District.[13]
1909 house built for himself by prolific stonemason and bricklayer Casiville Bullard (1873–1959), one of Saint Paul's few skilled African Americans working in the building trade in the early 20th century.[17]
Distinctive 1900 double house of brothers Pierce Butler (a U.S. Supreme Court justice 1923–1939) and Walter Butler (a leading Midwestern contractor).[19] Also a contributing property to the West Summit Avenue Historic District.[11]
One of Saint Paul's largest and finest Richardsonian Romanesque churches, built 1888–90, and one of its few designs by Minneapolis-based church architect Warren H. Hayes.[21]
Unusual 1888 skew arch bridge, at 70 feet (21 m) also the longest masonry arch bridge built on a Minnesota highway. Converted to pedestrian use in the 1970s.[27]
1912 office building serving as headquarters for two commerce associations 1912–21, symbolic of the business networking organizations that influenced Saint Paul's late-19th/early-20th-century economic and civic growth.[28]
National headquarters of the Degree of Honor Protective Association whose completion in 1961 ushered in the organization's peak decade of influence on the insurance market.[31]
Early example of an apartment building designed to appeal to the middle class, constructed 1894–95 in a transitional Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival style.[33]
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Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association Headquarters
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association Headquarters
1930 fire station representative of the early-20th-century formalization and expansion of Saint Paul city services and the development of the Highland Park neighborhood.[37]
Costly 1874 Gothic Revival church designed by William W. Boyington in the now largely-vanished Lowertown neighborhood for Minnesota's oldest Baptist congregation.[38]
1921 Neoclassical bank with an atypical Spanish tile eave; White Bear Lake's most sophisticated early commercial building and a key financial institution in its growth from a resort town to an established city.[39]
Rare surviving farm in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro, established in 1849, featuring a farmhouse dating to 1854 and a 1910 barn. Now part of the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life.[44]
1891 Queen Anne house, only intact surviving work of local architect Albert Zschocke, owned successively by Peter Joseph Giesen and Eric V. Hauser, prosperous businessmen and civic leaders.[45]
1930 branch library, the culmination of neighborhood efforts to secure local Saint Paul Public Library services, and a longstanding community center. Better known as the Hamline Midway Library.[46]
Prominent 1941 Moderne park shelter designed by Clarence W. Wigington, believed to be the nation's first African American municipal architect.[49] Renamed the Wigington Pavilion in 2000 in his honor.[50]
Octagonal 1928 water tower noted for its architectural significance, iconic status to the neighborhood, and association with pioneering black architect Clarence W. Wigington.[51]
Minnesota's largest concentration of late-19th- and early-20th-century architectural styles built for the upper and upper-middle class, with 980 contributing properties on 75 blocks.[13]
Prominent blufftop burial mound site in use c. 1000 BCE to 1837 by the northernmost Hopewell tradition people up to early-contact Dakota people. Also noted as a focus of the earliest archaeological efforts in Minnesota 1856–1900.[58]
Exceptional 1926 industrial building designed by Toltz, King & Day with terracotta ornamentation. Also associated with the development of Saint Paul's Midway neighborhood and Minnesota's cosmetics industry.[64]
Remains of the first lock and dam complex on the Upper Mississippi River, in use 1907–1912. Better known as the Meeker Island Lock and Dam, it's primarily listed in Hennepin County but extends into Ramsey County.[67]
16-block warehouse and wholesaling district with 37 contributing properties built 1890s–1910, significant for its river and rail connections, economic impact, architecture, and urban planning.[36]
1890 Renaissance Revival bank and office building dating to Saint Paul's 1880s–1890s boom, designed and then tenanted by Clarence H. Johnston Sr. while serving as State Architect 1891–1936.[69]
1892 remnant of the sandstone Richardsonian Romanesque buildings of Saint Paul's late-19th-century growth, designed by Edward Bassford to house an influential bank and the law offices of several prominent Minnesotans.[72] Now known as the Brooks Building.
Minnesota's only surviving classic Streamline Modernediner, prefabricated with a railroad car motif in 1937 and in continuous operation since 1939.[73]
Headquarters from 1918 to 1992 of the Minnesota Historical Society, founded in 1849 as the state's oldest institution. Also noted for its architectural contribution to the Capitol complex. Now the Minnesota Judicial Center.[76]
Saint Paul's best surviving example of an urban milk processing facility from the first half of the 20th century, operated by the Minnesota Milk Company 1913–1960.[77]
Headquarters built in 1955 for one of the nation's largest life insurance companies (now Securian Financial Group); also noted as an early example of International Style in Saint Paul and the first major office building constructed in downtown after World War II.[78]
Classical Revival capitol designed by Cass Gilbert and built 1896–1905, called "the most perfectly executed monumental public building in the entire state" in its NRHP nomination.[79]
1884 Queen Anne house of one of the four Muench brothers, 1850s German immigrants who were significant in the early development of Saint Paul and Minnesota.[80]
Eight surviving buildings constructed 1885–1920 for the Northern Pacific Railway's passenger car service complex, associated with railroad development and population growth in Saint Paul and the northwestern U.S.[81] Now known as Bandana Square.
First Norwegian Lutheran church in America, built in 1843 in the Muskego Settlement, Wisconsin, and moved to Luther Seminary in Saint Paul in 1904. Also noted as an example of pioneer log construction.[82]
Lakeside 1869 Stick style summer cottage, example of the "close-to-nature" retreats built on the urban fringe in the late 19th century.[85] Now the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society's Fillebrown House museum.[86]
1928 church associated with the spiritual, social, and political life of African Americans in the Twin Cities, and with the Reverend L.W. Harris, the congregation's politically active leader from 1922 to 1941.[93]
Finely crafted "urban estate" built 1884–86, with an eclectic Italianate/Second Empire/Eastlake movement house and accompanying carriage barn, representative of Saint Paul's late-19th-century middle class residences.[99]
1916 Carnegie library, one of three in Saint Paul and one of the last built in the U.S. Also noted as an early project of city architect Charles A. Hausler and an important Beaux-Arts neighborhood landmark.[7]
Exemplary multi-span reinforced-concrete arch bridge with one monumental through arch span, built 1924–26 and tightly engineered to accommodate adjacent river, road, and rail traffic.[101]
Adjacent commercial/residential buildings constructed 1884, 1885, and 1895; examples of fine Victorian architecture and remnants of what once lined West Seventh Street.[102]
1916 Carnegie library, one of three in Saint Paul and one of the last built in the U.S. Also noted as an early project of city architect Charles A. Hausler and an important Beaux-Arts neighborhood landmark.[7]
Minnesota's oldest standing Catholic school—whose original section dates to 1863—also noted for its early Italianate architecture in yellow limestone.[105]
1902 school building, one of Saint Paul's oldest, significant for its ornate Second Empire design by John F. Fischer and for providing parochial education to a neighborhood of mostly German Catholic immigrants.[106]
Monumental Beaux-Arts cathedral—called "one of the nation's grandest religious edifices" in its NRHP nomination—designed by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray. Principally built 1906–1915 but with interiors not completed by successors until 1953.[108]
Landmark 1930 Moderne building designed by Holabird & Root and Ellerbe & Co., long-serving government center and one of the nation's few Art Deco skyscrapers with an intact exterior and interior.[109]
Surviving three buildings from an 1882 St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway maintenance complex. Notable for their association with James J. Hill and the state's first successful railways, and their early limestone construction.[110] District was increased in size June 19, 2017.
Nation's first cooperative, farmer-owned terminal elevator, completed 1931, also associated with mechanical advances and the revitalization of grain transport on the Mississippi River.[111]
Landmark Neoclassical train station built 1917–23 by seven railways, symbol of Saint Paul's importance as a railroad hub and example of the era's monumental public buildings.[113] Boundary increase on 2014-03-04.
1890 Shingle Style house, a style rare in Saint Paul, and the most architecturally significant standing house from the 1887 Hazel Park neighborhood development.[116]
1910 Beaux-ArtsShubert Brothers theatre—important in Saint Paul's early fine theatre scene—and adjacent commercial building designed by Buechner & Orth. Now known as the Fitzgerald Theatre and Fitzgerald Condominiums.[119]
Complex of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company, one of Minnesota's leading breweries, with nine contributing properties built 1858–1950s further noted for their Romanesque Revival architecture by Barnard Barthel and Walter W. Magee, plus four residences and potential historical archaeology resources.[120]
Rare intact example of an early-20th-century cattle processing plant, whose sections dating from 1928 to 1947 reflect the evolving industry standards for slaughter and meatpacking.[122]
1916 Neoclassical meeting hall designed by deaf architect Olof Hanson as the nation's first clubhouse built for a deaf community. A hub of social and advocacy activity credited with helping foster Minnesota as a preferred location among deaf people.[123]
Factory complex comprising two buildings and a water tower, home 1927–1984 of Saint Paul's largest and most successful mattress manufacturer, established in 1898.[126]
Center of Saint Paul's postal operations 1934–2010, with major additions in 1939 and 1961; associated with the 20th-century expansion and modernization of the United States Postal Service.[127]
42-block boulevard notable for its urban planning and assorted Period Revival architecture. A western continuation of the Historic Hill District, with 232 contributing properties built between 1885 and 1938.[11]
National Guard Armory built 1923–1929, one of Minnesota's few examples illustrating that decade's transition from heavy, fortresslike buildings to restrained Art Deco and Moderne designs.[132]
Middle-class residential neighborhood exhibiting 12 distinct architectural styles popular in Minnesota between 1880 and 1910.[134] Consists of 62 single- and multi-family residences and one church.[135]
1875 frame Second Empire house of a prominent Bavarian immigrant who established Minnesota's first brewery. Also notable as a rare surviving work of early Saint Paul architect Monroe Sheire.[136]
^ abNumbers 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.
^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.
^Larson, Paul Clifford (2017-08-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company Historic District" (Document). National Park Service.
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