List of county courthouses in Minnesota
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This is a list of county courthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Each county in Minnesota has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse.
Federal courthouses in Minnesota are listed here.
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Courthouse name
!Image !County !Location !Built !Notes |
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Aitkin County Courthouse
| 125px | Aitkin | Aitkin | 1929 | Beaux-Arts and Moderne. NRHP-listed (refnum 82002923). |
Anoka County Courthouse
| 125px | Anoka | Anoka | | |
Becker County Courthouse
| | Becker | Detroit Lakes | 1942 | |
Beltrami County Courthouse
| 125px | Beltrami | Bemidji | 1902–3 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 88000665). |
Benton County Courthouse
| | Benton | Foley | 1998 | |
Big Stone County Courthouse
| 125px | Ortonville | 1902 | NRHP-listed (refnum 85001764). |
Blue Earth County Courthouse
| 125px | Mankato | 1886–9 | NRHP-listed (refnum 80001940). |
Brown County Courthouse
| 100px | Brown | New Ulm | 1891, 1918 |
Carlton County Courthouse
| 125px | Carlton | Carlton | 1922 | Renaissance Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 85001926). |
Carver County Justice Center
| 125px | Carver | Chaska | 1963–66 | Built in Corporate International style to replace Carver County's first courthouse, completed in 1872.{{cite web |title=Carver County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Carver/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} |
Cass County Courthouse
| 125px | Cass | Walker | 1902–07, 1961, 1976 | Built 1902–07 in Italian Renaissance Revival style. The original dome and cornice were removed in 1961 to add an additional story.{{cite web |title=Cass County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Cass/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} |
Chippewa County Courthouse
| | Chippewa | Montevideo | 1957 | Built in Corporate International style to replace Chippewa County's first courthouse, built in 1883 and enlarged in 1901.{{cite web |title=Chippewa County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Chippewa/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} |
Chisago County Government Center
| | Chisago | Center City | | |
Old Chisago County Courthouse
| 125px | Chisago | Almelund | 1876 | Moved to the Almelund Threshing Show Grounds in 1990 to make way for construction of Chisago County's new government center. Formerly NRHP-listed. |
Clay County Courthouse
| 125px | Clay | Moorhead | 1954 | Replaced an 1883 courthouse, which had in turn replaced Clay County's first courthouse, built in 1879.{{cite web |title=Clay County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Clay/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} |
Clearwater County Courthouse
| 125px | Bagley | 1938 | Constructed by the Public Works Administration to replace Clearwater County's original 1903 courthouse.{{cite web |title=Clearwater County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Clearwater/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} |
Cook County Courthouse
| 125px | Cook | Grand Marais | 1911 | Neoclassical. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000902). |
Cottonwood County Courthouse
| 125px | Windom | 1904 | Neoclassical. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000728). |
Crow Wing County Courthouse
| 125px | Brainerd | 1920 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 80002023). |
Dakota County Judicial Center
| 125px | Dakota | Hastings | 1974 | |
Dakota County Northern Service Center
| | Dakota | West St. Paul | | |
Dakota County Western Service Center
| 125px | Dakota | Apple Valley | | |
Old Dakota County Courthouse
| 125px | Dakota | Hastings | 1869–71 | Italianate and Romanesque Revival. Vacated in 1974 and repurposed as Hastings City Hall in 1993. NRHP-listed (refnum 78003069). |
Dodge County Courthouse
| 125px | Dodge | Mantorville | 1871 | Greek Revival and Italianate. Minnesota's oldest active courthouse. A contributing property to the NRHP-listed Mantorville Historic District. |
Douglas County Courthouse
| 125px | Douglas | Alexandria | 1895 | Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 85001816). |
Faribault County Courthouse
| 125px | Blue Earth | 1891 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000731). |
Fillmore County Courthouse
| 125px | Fillmore | Preston | 1958, 2004 | |
Freeborn County Courthouse
| 125px | Freeborn | Albert Lea | 1888, 1955, 1975 |
Goodhue County Justice Center
| | Goodhue | Red Wing | | |
Old Goodhue County Courthouse
| 125px | Goodhue | Red Wing | 1932 | Built in Moderne style, replacing Goodhue County's original 1859 courthouse.{{cite web |title=Goodhue County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Goodhue/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-19}} Now the Goodhue County Government Center. |
Grant County Courthouse
| 125px | Grant | Elbow Lake | 1905 | Beaux-Arts and Renaissance Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 85001945). |
Hennepin County Courthouse and Minneapolis City Hall
| 125px | Hennepin | Minneapolis | 1888–1909 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 74001022). |
Hennepin County District Court–Brookdale
| 125px | Hennepin | Brooklyn Center | 1981 | Co-located with Brookdale Library. |
Hennepin County District Court–Ridgedale
| 125px | Hennepin | Minnetonka | 1982 | Co-located with Ridgedale Library. |
Hennepin County District Court–Southdale
| 125px | Hennepin | Edina | 1973 | Co-located with Southdale Library. Closed in 2019 prior to construction of a new facility.{{cite web |title=Southdale courthouse to close permanently after Friday |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/hennepin-county-courthouse-to-close-permanently-on-friday/89-431b382c-d25a-4bd6-b2a8-7eea5ff738a1 |publisher=KARE 11 |date=2019-02-01 |accessdate=2021-05-17}} |
Hennepin County Government Center
| 100px | Hennepin | Minneapolis | 1969–77 | |
Hennepin County Family Justice Center
| 125px | Hennepin | Minneapolis | | Houses Hennepin County's family court. |
Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center
| 125px | Hennepin | Minneapolis | | Houses Hennepin County's juvenile court. |
Houston County Courthouse
| 125px | Houston | Caledonia | 1883 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000905). |
Hubbard County Courthouse
| 125px | Hubbard | Park Rapids | 1900 | Neoclassical. Original wing now houses a history museum and art center. NRHP-listed (refnum 84001475). |
Isanti County Government Center
| | Isanti | Cambridge | | |
Old Isanti County Courthouse
| 125px | Isanti | Cambridge | 1888 | Built to replace Isanti County's original 1871 courthouse, in a mix of Second Empire and Italianate style.{{cite web |title=Isanti County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Isanti/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-20}} Now an office building. NRHP-listed (refnum 80002074). |
Itasca County Courthouse
| 125px | Itasca | Grand Rapids | 1951, 1969, 1978 | Built to replace an 1894 courthouse, which had supplanted a short-lived building constructed in 1891.{{cite web |title=Itasca County Courthouse History |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Itasca/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2018-02-20}} |
Jackson County Courthouse
| 125px | Jackson | Jackson | 1909 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000747). |
Kanabec County Courthouse
| 125px | Kanabec | Mora | 1894 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000748). |
Kiel & Morgan Hotel
| 125px | Lyon | Lynd | 1871 | First site where government business was regularly conducted during the early Euro-American settlement of Lyon County. NRHP-listed (refnum 82002981). |
Koochiching County Courthouse
| 125px | International Falls | 1909 | Neoclassical. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000749). |
Lac qui Parle County Courthouse
| 125px | Madison | 1899 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 85001759). |
Lake County Courthouse
| 125px | Lake | Two Harbors | 1906 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000912). |
Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail
| 125px | Le Sueur | Le Center | 1896 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 81000682). |
Lincoln County Courthouse
| | Lincoln | Ivanhoe | 1919 | Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 80004541). |
Mahnomen County Courthouse
| 125px | Mahnomen | Mahnomen | 1909 | Neoclassical. NRHP-listed (refnum 84001488). |
Martin County Courthouse
| 125px | Martin | Fairmont | 1907 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000755). |
McLeod County Courthouse
| 125px | McLeod | Glencoe | 1909–12 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 84001620). |
Mille Lacs County Courthouse
| 125px | Milaca | 1923 | Renaissance Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000756). |
Morrison County Courthouse
| 125px | Morrison | Little Falls | 1890–1 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 78001552). |
Mower County Justice Center
| 125px | Mower | Austin | | |
Murray County Courthouse
| 125px | Murray | Slayton | 1974, 1981 | Replaced an 1892 Romanesque Revival building, NRHP-listed until it was demolished in 1981.{{cite web |title=Murray County Courthouse History |url=https://mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Murray/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |access-date=2021-07-01}} |
Nicollet County Government Center
| 125px | Nicollet | St. Peter | 1880–1, 1978 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 2000939). |
Nobles County Justice Center
| | Nobles | Worthington | 2002 | |
Norman County Courthouse
| 125px | Norman | Ada | 1904 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000923). |
Olmsted County Government Center
| 125px | Olmsted | Rochester | 1958, 1976–1977 | Built in Corporate International style to replace an 1867 building similar to and by the same designer as the Washington County Courthouse.{{cite web |title=Olmsted County District Court History |url=https://mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Olmsted/CourthouseHistory.aspx |publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch |accessdate=2021-07-01}} |
Otter Tail County Courthouse
| 125px | Fergus Falls | 1922, 1962 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 84001637). |
Pine County Courthouse
| 125px | Pine | Pine City | 2007 | |
Pipestone County Courthouse
| 125px | Pipestone | 1901 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 80002121). |
Polk County Government Center
| 125px | Polk | Crookston | 1968 | Modern |
Pope County Courthouse
| 125px | Pope | Glenwood | 1930 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 82002997). |
Ramsey County Courthouse and Saint Paul City Hall
| 100px | Ramsey | St. Paul | 1932 | Art Deco. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000940). |
Red Lake County Courthouse
| 125px | Red Lake | Red Lake Falls | 1911 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 83000941). |
Renville County Courthouse
| 125px | Renville | Olivia | 1902 | NRHP-listed (refnum 86001281). |
Rice County Courthouse
| 125px | Rice | Faribault | 1934 | Art Deco. NRHP-listed (refnum 82003016). |
Rock County Courthouse
| 125px | Rock | Luverne | 1887 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000769). |
Roseau County Courthouse
| 125px | Roseau | Roseau | 1913 | NRHP-listed (refnum 85001763). |
St. Louis County Courthouse
| 125px | Duluth | 1908–9 | Contributing property to the NRHP-listed Duluth Civic Center Historic District. |
St. Louis County District Courthouse
| 125px | Virginia | 1910, 1921 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 92000798). |
Scott County Justice Center
| 125px | Scott | Shakopee | 1998 | Modern |
Sibley County Courthouse
| 125px | Sibley | Gaylord | 1916 | Neoclassical. NRHP-listed (refnum 88003071). |
Old Sibley County Courthouse
| 125px | Sibley | Henderson | 1879 | Italianate. Vacated in 1915, now Henderson City Hall and the Joseph R. Brown River Heritage Center. NRHP-listed (refnum 79001255). |
Stearns County Courthouse
| 125px | Stearns | St. Cloud | 1921 | Beaux-Arts. NRHP-listed (refnum 82003056). |
Steele County Courthouse
| 100px | Steele | Owatonna | 1891 | Romanesque Revival and Italianate. NRHP-listed (refnum 78001565). |
Swift County Courthouse
| 125 px | Swift | Benson | 1897–8 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 77000771). |
Todd County Courthouse
| 125px | Todd | Long Prairie | 1883, 1965, 1980 | Italianate. NRHP-listed (refnum 85001986). |
Waseca County Courthouse
| 125px | Waseca | Waseca | 1897 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 82003070). |
Washington County Courthouse
| 125px | Stillwater | | |
Old Washington County Courthouse
| 125px | Stillwater | 1867–70 | Italianate. Vacated in 1975. NRHP-listed (refnum 71000443). |
Watonwan County Courthouse
| 125px | Watonwan | St. James | 1895–6 | Romanesque Revival. NRHP-listed (refnum 86003591). |
Wilkin County Courthouse
| 125px | Wilkin | Breckenridge | 1928–9 | Beaux-Arts and Moderne. NRHP-listed (refnum 80002182). |
Winona County Courthouse
| 100px | Winona | Winona | 1889 | Richardsonian Romanesque. NRHP-listed (refnum 70000313). |
See also
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