The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Adolph Sauvie opened a store and a bus depot on 219th street and 10th avenue. The bus company wanted the place to have a name, and Adolph named it after Duluth, Minnesota, his hometown.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Duluth’s history is told.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Duluth is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Duluth has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lambert School in Ridgefield, 1.8 miles away.
Duluth and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lambert School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Duluth?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Duluth’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.