Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence

The Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence, located at 601 3rd Avenue in Two Harbors, Lake County in the U.S. state of Minnesota was built in 1906. In 1888 a two-story brick sheriff's residence and jail was erected with an adjacent Queen Anne style courthouse. A 1904 fire destroyed the courthouse, but the jail and residence remained. The replacement building, designed in the Beaux Arts style by James Allen MacLeod, was built of brick and limestone, featuring quoin blocks, stone window surrounds with large keystones, dentil moulding, and four large columns supporting the entry overhang. The courtroom was topped with an open semi-circular dome covered with metallic scaled shakes. In 1945, the dome was enclosed from below. Axel Edward Soderberg was commissioned to paint murals depicting "Law and Justice", commerce, mining, and logging, at a cost of $1,500 in 1905. The jail and residence building were razed in the 1990s.[1]

Lake County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	601 3rd Ave., Two Harbors, Minnesota
Coordinates	47°1′19.7″N 91°40′17.3″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906[1]
Architect	James MacLeod, Pastoret & Lunz
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Queen Anne style
NRHP reference No.	83000912[2] [3]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1983