Landmark Center

Saint Paul, United States

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Completed in 1902, Landmark Center in Saint Paul originally functioned as the United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House for Minnesota. Designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, this Richardsonian Romanesque structure stands at 75 West Fifth Street in Rice Park and exemplifies the architectural style Edbrooke employed in comparable federal buildings, such as Washington D.C.'s Old Post Office Building. The exterior showcases pink granite ashlar with a steeply pitched Ludowici clay tile roof adorned by numerous turrets, gables, dormers, and cylindrical corner towers topped with conical turrets; carved exterior detail is sparse. The interior features a dramatic five-story courtyard with skylight and rooms with twenty-foot ceilings finished in marble, carved mahogany, and oak. The courthouse hosted high-profile trials, including those of Barker-Karpis gang members and John Dillinger's girlfriend Evelyn Frechette. After citizens' efforts saved it from demolition in the 1970s, restoration architect Donald J. Leier oversaw a comprehensive renovation from 1972 to 1978. Reopened as Landmark Center in 1978 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it now serves as an arts and culture center.