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Sustaining Our Legacy <br />The Future of Ramsey Town Hall <br />THE HISTORY OF RAMSEY <br />HISTORY <br />cn <br />Ramsey traces its roots to the middle of the nineteenth century. As a trading post, the city <br />enjoyed river- and rail -driven importance for a few decades, after which it settled into a <br />quiet century as a farming community. Since suburban development began in the 1970s, <br />the town has emerged as an outer -ring commuter suburb. <br />Ramsey Old Town Hall <br />Plot of undeveloped Oak Savanna, the <br />dominant landscape for the area <br />1874 Map of Anoka County <br />Typical one -room schoolhouse scene <br />New York State, early 1900s <br />3uilding� in 1977 <br />3uilding in 2017 <br />1892 <br />Schoolhouse building built on land <br />owned by Ara E. Pitman. <br />1912 <br />A furnace is installed for heating. <br />1914 Map showing local schoolhouse <br />and church locations <br />1914 <br />The school applies for $150 in state <br />aid for its 26 students. <br />1937 <br />The school is deeded to the <br />township by Edith Patch, a <br />member of the Pitman family. <br />1945 <br />Last year of classes at the school. <br />1947 <br />1979 <br />The building is listed on the <br />National Register of Historic Places. <br />1996 <br />The Minnesota Historical Society <br />(MHS) awards Ramsey a grant for <br />restoration of the building. <br />2004 <br />The MHS grant is closed out. <br />2012 <br />The city explores relocation options <br />for the building in the context of <br />the COR development and the <br />Northstar Commuter Rail project. <br />• City of Ramsey <br />• <br />pre-1840 <br />The confluence of the Mississippi and <br />Rum Rivers is a well -established neutral <br />zone for the Sioux and Chippewa. <br />1846 <br />Peter and Francis Patoille establish <br />a trading post at this location. <br />1851 <br />First permanent European <br />settlement. <br />1852 <br />The town of Itasca is laid out on <br />sections 19 and 30 in Ramsey, near <br />the trading post. <br />1857 <br />Watertown Township established. <br />Renamed Ramsey after Territorial <br />Governor Alexander Ramsey a <br />year later. <br />1864 <br />The St. Paul & Pacific (StP&P) <br />Railroad reaches Ramsey. In 1890, <br />the StP&P becomes part of James <br />J. Hill's Great Northern Railway. <br />PaP all +, .1114, W.I..,. Mn <br />PY}2aM <br />1970 <br />The Census shows 2,360 people <br />live in Ramsey Township. <br />1974 <br />The City of Ramsey is incorporated. <br />1980 <br />The Census shows 10,093 people <br />live in the City of Ramsey, a 327% <br />increase from 1970. <br />2012 <br />Northstar Commuter Rail opens a <br />station in Ramsey, connecting the <br />city to downtown Minneapolis. <br />Typical Chippewa lodge and <br />Sioux tipis, White Earth Reservation <br />1851 Township Map <br />The William Crooks, Minnesota's first <br />locomotive, on the StP&P mainline in 1864 <br />IM17-"tMIIIIM=M1191 <br />4 <br />Commercial development along US 10, <br />the main thoroughfare in Ramsey <br />Northstar Commuter Rail in Ramsey <br />More than a century and a half has passed since Europeans first settled in what is now <br />Ramsey, MN. Oon His history . <br />The following postersTheld willTwcloselyall examineaunique howasset Ramseythatbrings has triedthat tolong preserve theinto Oldthe TownpresentHall <br />for the future. <br />PA521 1: Land Use Planning / Instructor: Fernando Burga PhD. <br />Mary Cutrufello, Katriona Molasky, Amy Van Gessel <br />a.,.., I. M.o.. <br />City of <br />RAMSEY <br />