Local lore in East End / Endion, Duluth, Minnesota

• Endion means where I live. It comes from the Ojibwe endaayaan, and it was the name of an independent townsite platted on December 5, 1856, before Duluth had grown east far enough to swallow it.
• The Endion Depot, built in 1899, was the first rail stop outside downtown when passenger service to Two Harbors began in 1886. It has been on the National Register since 1975.
• St. Paul's Episcopal at 1710 East Superior Street was designed by Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson of New York, the most prominent ecclesiastical architects in the country at the time, and is one of four Duluth buildings attributed to Bertram Goodhue.
• Pilgrim Congregational, founded in 1870, is one of the oldest congregations in the city, and the church at 2310 East 4th Street is its third building. The first service there was held on September 24, 1917.
• Many of the neighborhood's grandest houses are now duplexes. The subdivision of the East End's mansions is why the most architecturally impressive part of historic Duluth is also one of its more affordable.
• The Duluth Preservation Alliance runs a walking tour of these blocks specifically, which is the fastest way to learn which architect built what.

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