{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Minnesota Historical Society Building | nrhp_type = | image = MinnesotaJudicialCenter.JPG | caption = The Minnesota Judicial Center seen from the roof of the State Capitol | location = 690 Cedar Street<br/>Saint Paul, Minnesota | coordinates = {{coord|44|57|17|N|93|6|0|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Minnesota#USA

| mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Minnesota Judicial Center

| area = | built = 1915 | architect = Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. | architecture = | added = March 20, 1973 | refnum = 73000994<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }}

The '''Minnesota Judicial Center''', adjacent to the State Capitol, houses the state's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and the state law library. Its address is 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.

The building was constructed on the former site of the Mechanic Arts High School, which was demolished in 1914 for further development of the state capitol.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sigvertsen |first1=Jene T. |title=From the Past to the Present: An Inventory of Saint Paul Public School Facilities |publisher=Saint Paul Public Schools |pages=114 |url=http://www.spps.org/sites/dd77441e-b117-423c-90a1-6fcbdcc68b6f/uploads/SPPSF.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001234904/http://www.spps.org/sites/dd77441e-b117-423c-90a1-6fcbdcc68b6f/uploads/SPPSF.pdf |archive-date=2006-10-01}}</ref> It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the '''Minnesota Historical Society Building''', as it was built for that institution.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coddington|first=Donn|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, Minnesota Historical Society Building|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93202660|publisher=U.S. National Archives|date=June 28, 1972|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> In 1992, the society moved to a new building nearby, the Minnesota History Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnhs.org/about/mnhistory.html|title=History of the Minnesota Historical Society|accessdate=2008-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123062245/http://www.mnhs.org/about/mnhistory.html|archive-date=2013-01-23|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nord">{{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord}}</ref>

The neoclassical front of the building has eight two-story Ionic columns of granite. Above them are Roman numerals representing the establishment of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1849 and the year the building was completed, 1917. It was dedicated on May 11, 1918, the sixtieth anniversary of statehood.

==See also== {{portal|Architecture|Minnesota|National Register of Historic Places}} *National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota

==References== {{reflist}}

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:Government buildings completed in 1917 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota Category:Minnesota state courts Category:Neoclassical architecture in Minnesota Category:1917 establishments in Minnesota