The Minnesota Judicial Center, adjacent to the

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, houses the state's

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and

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, as well as the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and the state law library. Its address is 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.,

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. It is listed on the

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as the Minnesota Historical Society Building, as it was built for that institution. In 1992, the

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moved to a new building nearby, the

Minnesota History Center The Minnesota History Center is a museum and library that serves as the headquarters of the Minnesota Historical Society. It is near downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, and is considered one of Minnesota's finest public buildings. The History Cent ...

. The neoclassical front of the building has eight two-story Ionic columns of granite. Above them are

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representing the establishment of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1849 and the year the building was completed, 1917. It was dedicated on May 11, 1918, the sixtieth anniversary of statehood.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures completed in 1917 National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota Minnesota state courts Neoclassical architecture in Minnesota

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