Field Note
Heritage Preservation, Planning, and Outreach staff attended the Main Street annual accreditation meeting in Red Wing on July 18. The discussion was around how Albert Lea was doing after becoming a nationally accredited Main Street program and how the district is rebounding after Covid-19. Later the group took a tour of downtown Albert Lea. Starting out at the office on South Broadway Avenue, they walked by First Presbyterian Church, Central Park, First Lutheran Church, West Clark Street, Main Street, and back once again on South Broadway Avenue. Part of the tour included the Jacobson Building which was undergoing repairs to the ornate terra cotta façade which was cracking and breaking loose in places. The City of Albert Lea is repairing the façade with the help of Capital Grants-in-Aid funding from the Minnesota Historical Society, which provided half the cost of the repairs, up to $276,500. The State-funded Grants-in-Aid Program supports historic preservation projects of publicly owned buildings.
Heritage Preservation Grants
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OCTOBER Grants Open House
October 5 - Online: The Grants Office will hold a virtual Grants Office Open House using Google Meet from 2 to 3:30 pm in order to provide additional grants support to our communities. We encourage people to RSVP to Gillian with a short summary of what you want to talk about and she will try to ensure that someone helpful will be available. Learn more »
Small Grant Deadline
The next small grant deadline (requests of $10,000 or less) for the MHCHG program is Friday, October 13, 2023.
From the Blog
This week's blog post is from Scott County Historical Society. Have a blog? Let us know!
History of the Shakopee Central School, Part 1
When the public educational system began in Shakopee in 1854, classes were held in various locations, including the Stemmer home and the second story of the old post office building. Three schools served Shakopee residents during the 1870s: The District 1 stone building, the District 2 school, and District 41 school building. The No. 1 school burned in 1880, the No. 2 building became the residence of Herman Duede, and the No. 41 school house, located on Fourth Street, served the district until 1918 and was destroyed in 1935 after officials condemned the building as a hazard to life and limb.
1881 Building
In July of 1881, the County Commissioners consolidated Districts 1 and 2, and construction began on a new building located on a block of land bordered by Fifth and Sixth Avenues to the north and south, and Holmes and Lewis Streets to the west and east, respectively (3). A published article in 1881 reads:
“The present school system of Shakopee is in the process of a change. A new school house is building, the cost of which will be $10,000 and a well graded school will be inaugurated with the opening of the present building.”
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From the Tube
This week's post is from U of MN Libraries. Have a video channel or podcast? Let us know!
Secrets of the Archives: A Yiddish Scrapbook
In this episode of "Secrets of the Archives," Kate Dietrick and host Tim Johnson discuss a recent acquisition at the University of Minnesota: A scrapbook created by Holocaust surivivors, who were members of a Yiddish theatre troupe in a displaced person camp. Dietrick is the Archivist for the Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries, and Tim Johnson is Curator of the Sherlock Holmes and Rare Books collections, also at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Watch Video »
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