<P> The city of Duluth, Minnesota, is home to 17 completed high - rises standing over 115ft (35m) tall . The tallest building in Duluth is the 16 - story, 247 - foot - tall Alworth Building, which at the time of its construction, was the tallest building in Minnesota outside Minneapolis . </P> <P> The history of high - rises in Duluth begins with the Torrey Building . Completed in 1892, it is Duluth's first high - rise . It was the first building outside the Twin Cities to reach 12 floors . </P>

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