Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse

Coordinates: 44°56′38.5″N 93°05′37.1″W / 44.944028°N 93.093639°W / 44.944028; -93.093639
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Saint Paul City Hall and
Ramsey County Courthouse
Holabird & Root
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.83000940[1][2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1983

The Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, located at 15 Kellogg Boulevard West in

spandrels. Above the Fourth Street entrance, and flanking the Kellogg Boulevard entrance, are relief sculptures carved by Lee Lawrie
.

Vision of Peace (originally Indian God of Peace) by Carl Milles, 1936

The interior design in the "Zigzag Moderne" style drew its inspiration from the

Indian God of Peace by Carl Milles (later renamed Vision of Peace[4]). Other features includes woodwork fashioned out of twenty-three different species of wood, and also uses five different types of imported marble. Murals were painted by John W. Norton while the six bronze elevator doors were made by Albert Stewart.[3][5]

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places". ww.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. 2007-11-07.
  3. ^ a b "Ramsey County Courthouse". Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  4. ^ "St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  5. ^ "St. Paul City Hall & Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN". Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. September 9, 1981. Retrieved 2007-11-07.

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