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Ramsey County, Minnesota

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132historic places

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1849formed

552,352pop. 2020

20cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 132 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near St. Paul, Saint Paul, White Bear Lake.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

110 of 132 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

132 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
3M Administration Building	St. Paul	Building	2015
Amhoist Tower	Saint Paul	Building	2022
Arlington Hills Library	St. Paul	Building	1984
Armstrong, John M., House	St. Paul	Building	1983
Assumption School	St. Paul	Building	1975
Beebe, Dr. Ward, House	St. Paul	Building	1977
Blair Flats	St. Paul	Building	1975
Bridges No. L-5853 and 92247	St. Paul	Structure	1989
Brooks, Edward, Sr. and Markell, House	St. Paul	Building	2000
Brunson, Benjamin, House	St. Paul	Building	1975
Bullard, Casiville, House	St. Paul	Building	1997
Burbank-Livingston-Griggs House	St. Paul	Building	1970
Butler, Pierce and Walter, House	St. Paul	Building	1982
C.S.P.S. Hall	St. Paul	Building	1977
Central Presbyterian Church	St. Paul	Building	1983
Church of St. Agnes-Catholic	St. Paul	Building	1980
Church of St. Bernard-Catholic	St. Paul	Building	1983
Church of St. Casimir-Catholic	St. Paul	Building	1983
Church of the Assumption-Catholic	St. Paul	Building	1975
Cobb, Cyrus B., House	White Bear Lake	Building	1983
Colorado Street Bridge	St. Paul	Structure	1990
Commerce Building	St. Paul	Building	2007
Como Park Conservatory	St. Paul	Structure	1974
Davern, William and Catherine, Farm House	St. Paul	Building	1983
Degree of Honor Protective Association Building	St. Paul	Building	2021
Derham Hall and Our Lady of Victory Chapel, College of St. Catherine	St. Paul	Building	1985
Euclid View Flats	Saint Paul	Building	2014
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association Headquarters	Falcon Heights	Building	2020
Finch, Vanslyck and McConville Dry Goods Company Building	St. Paul	Building	1982
Fire Station No. 19	St. Paul	Building	2023
First Baptist Church of St. Paul	St. Paul	Building	1983
First National Bank of White Bear	White Bear Lake	Building	1983
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, House NHL	St. Paul	Building	1971
Fitzpatrick Building	St. Paul	Building	1990
Foss House	New Brighton	Site	1983
Germania Bank Building	St. Paul	Building	1977
Gibbs, Heman, Farmstead	Falcon Heights	Building	1975
Giesen-Hauser House	St. Paul	Site	1983
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church	St. Paul	Building	2011
Hamm Building	St. Paul	Building	1997
Harriet Island Pavilion	St. Paul	Building	1992
Henry Hale Memorial Library, Hamline Branch	St. Paul	Building	2023
Highland Park Tower	St. Paul	Structure	1986
Hill's James, J., North Oaks Farm, Dairy Building	North Oaks	Building	1997
Hill's, James J., North Oaks Farm, Dairy Building, Granary Root Cellar and Auxiliary Buildings, Boundary Increase	North Oaks	Building	1999
Hill, James J., House NHL	St. Paul	Building	1966
Hinkel, Ann Charlotte and Jacob, House	St. Paul	Building	1978
Historic Hill District	St. Paul	District	1976
Hobe, E. H., House-Solheim	White Bear Lake	Building	1983
Holman Field Administration Building	St. Paul	Building	1991
Hope Engine Company No. 3	Saint Paul	Building	2020
Indian Mounds Park Mound Group	St. Paul	Site	2014
Intercity Bridge	St. Paul	Structure	1989
Irvine Park Historic District	St. Paul	District	1973
Irvine, Horace Hills, House	St. Paul	Building	1974
Kellogg, Frank B., House NHL	St. Paul	Building	1974
Krank Manufacturing Company	St. Paul	Building	1983
Lauer Flats	St. Paul	Building	1975
Lee, Olaf, House	St. Paul	Building	1984
Lowertown Historic District	St. Paul	District	1983
Luckert, David, House	St. Paul	Building	1975
Manhattan Building	St. Paul	Building	1988
McGill, Andrew R., House	St. Paul	Building	1974
Mendota Road Bridge	St. Paul	Structure	1989
Merchants National Bank	St. Paul	Building	1974
Mickey's Diner	St. Paul	Building	1983
Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse on Raspberry Island	St. Paul	Building	1982
Minnesota Building	Saint Paul	Building	2009
Minnesota Historical Society Building	St. Paul	Building	1973
Minnesota Milk Company Building	Saint Paul	Building	2014
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company Building	St. Paul	Building	2017
Minnesota State Capitol	St. Paul	Building	1972
Mni Owe Sni - Coldwater Spring	St. Paul	Site	2023
Muench, Adolf, House	St. Paul	Building	1975
Muskego Church	St. Paul	Building	1975
Northern Federal Building	Saint Paul	Building	2024
Northern Pacific Railway Company Como Shops Historic District	St. Paul	District	1983
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church	St. Paul	Building	2019
Noyes, Charles P., Cottage	White Bear Lake	Building	1976
O'Donnell Shoe Company Building	St. Paul	Building	2009
Old Federal Courts Building	St. Paul	Building	1969
Old Main, Macalester College	St. Paul	Building	1977
Osborn Building	Saint Paul	Building	2018
Payne Avenue State Bank	St. Paul	Building	2007
Pilgrim Baptist Church	St. Paul	Building	1991
Pioneer and Endicott Buildings	St. Paul	Building	1974
Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn	St. Paul	Building	1977
Ramsey, Alexander, House	St. Paul	Building	1969
Ramsey, Justus, Stone House	St. Paul	Building	1975
Rau/Strong House	St. Paul	Building	1975
Riverside Hangar	St. Paul	Building	2007
Riverview Branch Library	St. Paul	Building	1984
Robert Street Bridge	St. Paul	Structure	1989
Rochat-Louise-Sauerwein Block	St. Paul	Building	1980
Roselawn Chapel and Administration Building	Roseville	Building	2021
Salvation Army Women's Home and Hospital	St. Paul	Building	1983
Schmidt, Jacob, Brewing Company Historic District	St Paul	District	2018
Schneider, Charles W., House	St. Paul	Building	1984
Schornstein Grocery and Saloon	St. Paul	Building	1984
Seventh Street Improvement Arches	St. Paul	Structure	1989
Shubert, Sam S., Theatre and Shubert Building	Saint Paul	Building	2010
Spangenberg, Frederick, House	St. Paul	Building	1976
St. Agatha's Conservatory of Music and Arts	St. Paul	Building	1989
St. Anthony Park Branch Library	St. Paul	Building	1984
St. Joseph's Academy	St. Paul	Building	1975
St. Joseph's Hospital Nurses Home	St. Paul	Building	2025
St. Matthew's School	St. Paul	Building	1984
St. Paul Casket Company	St. Paul	Building	2021
St. Paul Cathedral-Catholic	St. Paul	Building	1974
St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse	St. Paul	Building	1983
St. Paul Municipal Grain Terminal	St. Paul	Structure	2004
St. Paul Public/James J. Hill Reference Library	St. Paul	Building	1975
St. Paul Union Depot	St. Paul	Building	1974
St. Paul Union Depot (Boundary Increase)	St. Paul	Building	2014
St. Paul Women's City Club	St. Paul	Building	1982
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company Shops Historic District Boundary Increase	St. Paul	District	2017
St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Manitoba Railway Company Shops Historic District	St. Paul	District	1987
Superior Packing Company Plant	Saint Paul	Building	2018
Thompson, Charles, Memorial Hall	St. Paul	Building	2011
Triune Masonic Temple	St. Paul	Building	1980
United Church Seminary	St. Paul	Building	1985
United States Bedding Company	St. Paul	Building	2020
United States Post Office and Custom House	St. Paul	Building	2014
University Hall-Old Main, Hamline University	St. Paul	Building	1977
Vienna and Earl Apartment Buildings	St. Paul	Building	1984
Walsh Building	St. Paul	Building	1989
Watson, Dwight H. and Clara M., House (Additional Documentation)	St. Paul	Building	2019
West Summit Avenue Historic District	St. Paul	District	1993
White Bear Lake Armory	White Bear Lake	Building	2019
Woodland Park Baptist Church	St. Paul	Building	2021
Woodland Park District	St. Paul	District	1978
Yoerg, Anthony, Sr., House	St. Paul	Building	1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ramsey was formed in 1849 (1849-10-27) from unknown / original county.

RAMSEY created from non-county area (remnant of Wisconsin Territory).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ramsey County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,227	12,150	45,890	170,554	244,554	309,935	355,332	422,525	459,784	511,035	552,352

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
miss	Park unit	9.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

20 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Calvary Cemetery	44.96843	-93.135
Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery	44.99081	-93.03151
Elmhurst Cemetery	44.98874	-93.12376
Forest Lawn Cemetery	44.9975	-93.07353
Mary T Hill Cemetery (historical)	45.10694	-93.09528
Mount Zion Cemetery	44.9928	-93.07252
Oakland Cemetery	44.96912	-93.09882
Riverview Cemetery	44.92011	-93.06937
Roselawn Cemetery	44.99389	-93.13513
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery	45.06218	-93.20262
Saint Johns Cemetery	45.01975	-93.08096
Saint Mary of the Lake Cemetery	45.09813	-93.03247
Saint Mary's Cemetery Addition	45.03144	-92.99409
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.02801	-92.99382
Saint Paul's Priory Cemetery	44.99527	-92.98833
Sons of Jacob Cemetery	44.99091	-93.06893
Sons of Moses Cemetery	44.99035	-93.07018
Temple of Aaron Cemetery	44.99265	-93.12475
Union Cemetery	44.96496	-92.9915
Union Cemetery	45.0781	-93.01871

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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