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District No. 73
Hopkins Schoolhouse
Historical Background
Built in 1927-28, for the start of the 1928-29 school year.
Part of Districts:
District No. 73 --- 1928
Joint ISD No. 104 of Washington, Chisago, and Anoka Co. in Forest Lake --- 1953
ISD
831 --- 1958
Served as an “ungraded” elementary school (Grades 1-6)
Last class 1961-62
Oneka Town Hall, 1965
Boy Scouts of America
Youth Center, early 2000s
Hopkins School Bus, 1944
Children climbing aboard the “school bus” to Hopkins School, Winter 1944 at the Frank and Stephanie Marier farm.
Response from the
Community on Hopkins Schoolhouse
Event Space
Office or Studio Space
Coffeeshop
Museum
Move it closer to “downtown”
Burn it down
Most Common Response: “...do something with it.”
Hopkins Present Condition
Moving forth from here...