The St. Louis County District Courthouse is the seat of government for the northern district of St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States, located in the city of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

. The St. Louis County District Court is held in three locations:

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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 ...

and Virginia. The Virginia courthouse was built in Beaux-Arts style in 1910 and expanded with an architecturally sympathetic addition by the firm of Croft & Boerner in 1921. St. Louis County is large—some —and Duluth, the

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, is at the southern end of the county, far removed from the communities of the

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. Local advocacy succeeded in having a second county court district established in 1904, with cases heard in a small frame building. It was replaced by this present courthouse in 1910. With The St. Louis County District Courthouse was listed on the

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in 1992 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and politics/government. It was nominated for being the long-serving center of government on the Iron Range, a symbol of the drive for local

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in Minnesota and one of Virginia's best examples of Beaux-Arts architecture.

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St. Louis County District Court – Virginia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Louis County District Courthouse 1910 establishments in Minnesota Beaux-Arts architecture in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Virginia, Minnesota County courthouses in Minnesota Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Government buildings completed in 1910 National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, Minnesota

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