Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/04/1993

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8. Significance .... prehistoric , archeology-prehistOriC community plann~n~ 14D~14~9 _ arCheOlogy-historic ~ conse~at~on 15~1599 ~ ag.cutture economics ~ 160~1699 _~. architecture ~ e~ucat~on 170~1799 . a~ . eng~n~rmg ~ 1B0~1899 _ commerce ~ exptorat~on~se~lement 19D~ _ communicahons ~ ~noust~ invention _. lanOscape architecture ,,, rel~91on taw ~ ~cience literature ~cutpture military social/ ~ .. music humanitarian philosophy theater ... polthcs~government ~ transportation _~ other (specJtT) Specific date~ 1~ 9~ Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph} - The Ramsey Iown Hall, constructed in 1892 as School ~' r28 (to replace an earlier frame school house), is significant for its historic association with Anoka County's second major period of public building cons~ructiono During the 1880s and 1890s the rapid grow~h of the county's population outside of the city of Anoka created the need for the construction of. rural public buildings such as schools and town halls. Numerous one-room schools, such as this building, were construcsed to provide educational needs and to replace earlier less substantial schools. This building represents the bes~ preserved nineteenth century rural pub.tic-~building, in P~noka Dou~ry. Architecturally, the building represents one of a handful of brick buildings constructed in the county. Its proximity to :he Kelsey Brickyard, which manufactured high quality, buff-colored brick from 1880 to 1897, indicates that ~he school was constructed of Kelsey brick. It is additionally significant for the excellence of its craftsmanship and desai!ing. The acouisition of this building by the county, and its imminent res:oration by the Anoka Coun:y Historical Society, insures its ~uture use by the public. NOTE: The manuscript for this nomination wa's prepared before the one paragraph limit for significance statements was stipulated.