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Sust inin Our Le cy <br /> 11 11 it <br /> -The Future of Ramsey Town Hall <br /> HISTORY <br /> THE HISTORY OF RAMSEY <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 City of Ramsey <br /> pre-1840 <br /> 1892 The confluence of the Mississippi and <br /> Schoolhouse building built on land Rum Rivers is a well-established neutral <br /> owned by Ara E.Pitman. zone for the Sioux and Chippewa. <br /> 1912 1846 <br /> Plot of undeveloped Oak Savanna,the A furnace is installed for heating. Peter and Francis Patoille establish Y <br /> a trading post at this location. Typical Chippewa lodge and <br /> dominant landscape for the area Sioux tipis,White Earth Reservation <br /> 's`"°°` 1851 <br /> CHURCH <br /> ¢. TOWN HALL First permanent European <br /> settlement. <br /> .� c <br /> tr .` <br /> SCHOOL. 1852 <br /> " l s°"°°` The town of Itasca is laid out on <br /> sections 19 and 30 in Ramsey,near <br /> Y4 a: the trading post. <br /> SCHOOL HURCH 185 7 <br /> 1914 Map showing localschoolhouse Watertown Township established. a <br /> envy. - t and church locations Renamed Ramsey after Territorial 1851 Township Map <br /> 1914 Governor Alexander Ramsey a <br /> The applies $e school a for 1 50 in state year later. <br /> aid for its 26 students. 1 864 <br /> 1937 The St.Paul&Pacific(StP&P) <br /> Railroad reaches Ramsey.In 1890, <br /> r The school is deeded to the the StP&P becomes part of James <br /> township by Edith Patch,a J.Hill's Great Northern Railway. <br /> member of the Pitman family. _ <br /> y- <br /> p` 1945 The William Crooks,Minnesota's first <br /> - Last year of classes at the school. locomotive,on the StP&P mainline in 1864 <br /> Typical one-room schoolhouse scene 1947 <br /> New York State,early 1900s <br /> Y 1970 <br /> 1979 The Census shows 2,360 people , <br /> live in Ramsey Township. �; <br /> The building is listed on the - <br /> National Register of Historic Places. 1974 T <br /> r 1996 The City of Ramsey is incorporated. Commercial development along US 10, <br /> The Minnesota Historical Society the main thoroughfare in Ramsey <br /> Bniidng"'in 1977 (MHS)awards Ramsey a grant for 1 980 <br /> ` restoration of the building. The Census shows 10,093 people <br /> 2004 live in the City of Ramsey,a 327% <br /> The MHS grant is closed out. increase from 1970. <br /> 2012 2012 <br /> The city explores relocation options Northstar Commuter Rail opens a <br /> for the building in the context of station in Ramsey,connecting the <br /> the COR development and the city to downtown Minneapolis. .,• <br /> Building in2017 Northstar Commuter Rail project. 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.The Old Town Hall is a unique asset that brings that long history into the present. <br /> The following posters will closely examine how Ramsey has tried to preserve the Old Town Hall <br /> for the future. <br /> PA521 1:Land Use Planning/Instructor:Fernando Burga PhD. Mcry Cutrufello,Katriona Molasky,Amy Van Gessel <br /> {4ii ta.SaiYip..kr'91�M <br /> 1l,i•4n le OLe4•rr' <br />