Glensheen Historic Estate
Duluth, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Glensheen is a single-family mansion on 12 acres of Lake Superior waterfront in Duluth, Minnesota, built as the home of Chester Adgate Congdon. Designed by Clarence H. Johnston Sr., the 39-room house was constructed from 1905 and completed in 1908. Its architecture is described as Jacobean, inspired by the Beaux-Arts styles of the era. The University of Minnesota Duluth operates it as a historic house museum, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Built
- Type
- single-family detached home
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Duluth, United States
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