The Duluth Civic Center Historic District is a historic government complex in

Duluth, Minnesota , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

, United States. It includes the St. Louis County Courthouse, Duluth City Hall, and the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building. The complex was designed by

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pioneer

Daniel Burnham Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the '' Beaux-Arts'' movement, he may have been, "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ...

in 1909 and constructed over the next twenty years. With It was listed as a

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on the

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in 1986 for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture and community planning and development. It was nominated for its associations with Burnham and the

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. The Duluth Civic Center Historic District comprises five

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. The Saint Louis County Courthouse, completed in 1909, was designed by Daniel Burnham & Co. as the focal point of the complex. In front of it stands a monument to Duluth veterans who died in service overseas. It was designed by

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and installed around 1921. The St. Louis County Jail, designed by Holstead & Sullivan, was added in 1923. Duluth City Hall was designed by the local architectural firm of Shefchik & Olsen and built in 1928. The Federal Building was constructed in 1929. A fountain was installed in front of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the late 1960s. An act of Congress officially named the Federal Building for former District Court judge

Gerald Heaney Gerald William Heaney (January 29, 1918 – June 22, 2010) served for nearly forty years as a United States Circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, from his appointment by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Novemb ...

in 2007.S.521 -- To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, Minnesota, as the 'Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Custom House'

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota 1909 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Duluth, Minnesota County courthouses in Minnesota Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, Minnesota Neoclassical architecture in Minnesota Renaissance Revival architecture in Minnesota

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