Carlton County Courthouse

Infobox_nrhp | name =Carlton County Courthouse
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caption =
location= 301 Walnut Ave.
Carlton, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 46
lat_minutes = 39
lat_seconds = 53.99
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 92
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 27.58
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1922
architect= Clyde Kelly; Niebuhr Co.
architecture= Renaissance Revival
added = August 29, 1985
governing_body = Local
refnum=85001926cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Carlton County Courthouse in Carlton, Minnesota is the county seat of Carlton County, Minnesota. The county seat was originally located in Cloquet, with a jail located at the town of Northern Pacific Junction. In 1890, residents of Northern Pacific Junction raised funds to build a courthouse, which was a two-story brick building with a high-pitched gable roof. The current building took about two years to build, being completed in 1924. It is a three-story building with cream-colored brick and stone. [cite web|url=http://www.mncourts.gov/?siteID=0&page=CourtHouseProfile&ID=40008|title=Building Location Details - Carlton County Courthouse|publisher=Minnesota Judicial Branch|accessdate=2007-09-22]

The "Carlton County Vidette" praised Clyde Kelly, the architect, with these words: "Unquestionably, the man who assumes the responsibility of being the architect for a building like this is entitled to great consideration. To him is left the superintending of the placing of every stock and stone in the building ... to make the structure as perfect as possible."cite book|title=Courthouses of Minnesota|last=Logue|first=Mary|coauthors=Douglas Ohman|year=2006|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|isbn=0-87351-550-1|pages=p.16]

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