by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd 601 Cole Ave., Coleraine Erected in 1908, this log building is Coleraine’s oldest church. It is one of the few log structures that has continued to serve its original purpose into the late 20th century. Like other...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bovey City Hall 402 2nd St., Bovey The village of Bovey, which sprung up with the development of the Western Mesabi Iron Range, started with a modest municipal facility. The village hall was a one-story concrete block structure that faced on an alley and...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Frank Gran Farmstead Route 1, Bovey (no longer exists) Frank Gran was one of many Finnish immigrants who came to Itasca County between 1890 and 1940 to carve out a farmstead from the cutover areas left behind by the big loggers. Gran...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Oliver Boarding House Jessie Street, Marble Before 1930, nearly every Iron Range community had a number of boarding houses, which were essential to meeting the housing needs of the flood of miners who came during the Range boom of 1901-25. The Oliver...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mining Superintendent’s Residence 100 Cole Ave., Coleraine The superintendent’s home, built in 1910-11, stands next to the Oliver Mining Co. district office, which is also on the National Register. The 2 ½ -story frame structure, with a multi-gabled roof,...
