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National Register of Historic Places

Ordean Building

On the National Register since 20251 years
Listed 2025Duluth
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Ordean Building

Ordean Building, at 424 West Superior Street, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 10, 2025. The Register lists it for its social history, at the local level. Two more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 20 minutes

424 West Superior Street, Duluth · about 0.6 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Ordean BuildingStart here
  2. 2Duluth Union DepotFrench Chateau · Built 1973 · next door
  3. 3Duluth Civic Center Historic DistrictNeo-Classical · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Munger TerraceChateauesque · 0.2 mi on
  5. 5Sacred Heart Cathedral and Cathedral SchoolGothic Revival · Built 1894 · 0.2 mi on
Around it

9 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

StWILLIAM A. IRVIN (freighter)Steel Bulk Freighter0.3 miBYWCA of DuluthSecond Renaissance Revival0.3 miBDuluth Masonic TempleBuilt 19050.3 miBDeWitt-Seitz BuildingCommercial Style0.4 miBWirth BuildingRichardsonian Romanesque0.4 miBDuluth Public LibraryNeo-Classic · Built 19020.4 miBSacred Heart Cathedral, Sacred Heart School and Christian Brothers (Boundary Increase)Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 18940.4 miDDuluth Commercial Historic District (additional Documentation)Late Victorian0.4 miBDuluth Central High SchoolRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 mi

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Questions about Ordean Building

Is Ordean Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 10, 2025 (Register number 100012387).

Is Ordean Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Minnesota has 25 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Cooke, Jay, State Park CCC/Rustic Style Historic District, 15.4 miles away.

Can you visit Ordean Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026). Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.