Map of Minnesota highlighting Saint Louis County

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in Saint Louis County,

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, 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. There are 130 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including three

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

s. A supplementary list includes two additional sites that were formerly on the National Register. Many of Saint Louis County's listings are associated with the city of

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's role as the westernmost port on the

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, shared with

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. The iron ore of the

Mesabi Range The Mesabi Iron Range is a mining district in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore. It is the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. ...

and the Vermilion Range led to the development of the cities of Chisholm,

Hibbing Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

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, and

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. Three of the iron mines are National Historic Landmarks:

Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine The Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States, is the largest operating open-pit iron mine in Minnesota. The pit stretches more than long, wide, and deep. It was established in 1895 and was one of the worl ...

Mountain Iron Mine Mountain Iron Mine is a former mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1892, it was the first mine on the Mesabi Range, which has proved to be the largest iron ore deposit ever discovered in the United States. Mining operat ...

, and the underground Soudan Iron Mine.

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Minnesota National Register Properties Database
��Minnesota Historical Society {{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota St. Louis County *

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