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8. Significance <br />Period <br />Areas of Significance —Check and justify below <br />prehistoric <br />-arc heology-prehistoSri c <br />-community planning -landscape <br />architecture- <br />religion <br />140&-1499 <br />archeology -historic <br />conservation <br />law <br />science <br />1 50G­1 59-9 <br />agriculture <br />economics <br />literature <br />sculpture <br />1600-1699 <br />X architecture <br />education <br />military <br />sociaV <br />1700-1799 <br />art <br />engineering <br />music <br />humanitarian <br />X -1800-1899 <br />commerce <br />exploprat ionisettlement <br />philosophy <br />theater <br />1900- <br />communications <br />industry <br />politicsigovernment <br />transportation <br />invention <br />other (specify) <br />Specific dates 1892 <br />Builder/Architect Unknown <br />Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) <br />The Ramsey Town Hall, constructed in 1892 as School #28 (to replace an earlier <br />frame school house):, is significant for its historic association with Anoka County 's <br />second major period of public bullding con struction, During the 1880s and 1890S the <br />rapid growth of the county's population outside of the city of Anoka created the need <br />for the construction of rural public buildings such as schools and town halls. <br />Numerous one -room schools, such as this building, were constructed to provide <br />educational needs and to replace earlier less substantial schools. This building <br />represents the best preserved nineteenth century rural public building in Anoka County,, <br />Architecturally, the building represents one of a handful of brick buildings <br />constructed in the county, Its proximity to the Kelsey Brickyard, which manufactured <br />high quality, buff -colored brick from 1880 to 1897, indicates that the school was <br />constructed of Kelsey brick. It Ils additionally significant for the excellence of <br />its craftsmanship and detailing. <br />The acquisition of this building by the county,, and its imminent restoration by <br />the Anoka County Historical Society, insures its future use by the public, <br />POSE NOTE: The manuscript for this nomination was prepared before the one paragraph <br />limit for significance statements was stipulated, <br />