Agenda - Council Work Session - 09/25/2012

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5T(2)5>TPs- April 19, 1978 MEMORANDUM Re: Ramsey School Anoka, Minnesota Fr:. Foster W. Dunwiddie cc: File Leslie GiLlund Visat Schwappach Foster Dunwiddie John Low MD783 Can Wednesday, April 19, 1978, I inspected the Ramsey School located at 14100 St. Francis Blvd. N.W. (State Highway 47) in the City of Ramsey just north of Anoka. The Ramsey School is a one-story buff brick schoolhouse located on the west side of St. Francis Blvd. Until very recently it served as the Town Fall for the City of Ramsey. According to research by the Anoka County Historical Society the school was erected about 1892. It is located in the south one- half of Section 25. An earlier school is indicated on both the 1886 and 1890 maps for School District No. 28 in the south one-half of the northeast quarter of Section 36. This earlier schoolhouse was located on the east side of Highway 47 adjacent to the Peter McArdle property. In 1890 the property on which the existing brick school is located belonged to A. E. Pitman. The schoolhouse has been recently acquired by Anoka County and the Anoka County Historical Society is making plans for the restoration of the school. The exterior of the building is of_buff brick with two ,over two light double hung windows on'the front and side elevations. The two windows on the front of the building are capped with a segmental brick arch while the three windows on each side elevation have a less decorative segmental arch with soldier courses of brick. A single brick arch opening has been filled in on the side elevations. Presurmably this provided venting of the crawl space in the original structure. Two windows flank the chimney on the west elevation. These windows have been filled in with asphalt brick sheathing on the exterior. They appear to have been fixed windows however further investigation will be necessary to determine their exact appearance. On the opposite end of the building on the gable end there is a circular opening which could have been either a window ❑r- provided attic ventilation. Further investigation is necessary to determine the exact function and appearance of the circular window. All of the existing - awindows annear to be original to the structure. Each of them has a beaded trim which has been painted a spanish brown. The front entrance door is of a later vintage. Judging from the width of the original door frame which is still in place it would appear that the fll'ont entrance was gi,nally a pair of doors.