by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Oliver Mining District Office 200 Cole Ave., Coleraine In 1904, U.S. Steel (Parent Corporation to Oliver Mining) began plans to expand its Mesabi operation from the iron-rich eastern and central regions to the west, where the ore was of a lower grade. John...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Methodist Episcopal Church 501 Cole Ave., Coleraine When it was built in 1908-09, Coleraine Methodist housed not only a church but a Young Men’s Christian Assn., which included a gymnasium, showers, office, reading room, and parlor. It was meant, in...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Central School 4th & Pokegama Ave., Grand Rapids Central School was built in 1895, when Grand Rapids was hitting its peak as a logging town. It was the village’s dominant structure, focal point for the community, and a fine example of Richardsonian...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Coleraine Carnegie Library 203 Cole Ave., Coleraine This is the “best preserved” of Minnesota’s Carnegie Libraries, according to a U.S. library historian. It was built in 1910 as part of the Oliver Mining Company’s plan for its “model community” of...
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...
