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Today's nomination for our "Celebrating Minnesota Architecture" series comes from Pam Capin in Eveleth. Her choice? The Eveleth Manual Training School.

Well, I did a little digging, and I have some information for Pam, thanks to the 

Minnesota Historical Society and the National Register of Historic Places

.  The Eveleth MTS was added to the registry in 1980, and according to the entry, was designed by architects William Bray and Carl Nystrom. Here are there bios, thanks to the 

University of Minnesota's Northwest Architectural Archives:

Wondering what a Manual Training School was, exactly? Here's the MNHS' description:

Many thanks to Pam for her nomination. Do you have a building you'd like to call out for its particular beauty or charm? Send me a photo, along with a paragraph or two on why you like it, to mcombs@mpr.org.

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Built in 1914, the Eveleth Manual Training School was Minnesota's first vocational school.

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