Linden Hills History 101

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Are you new to the Linden Hills area or a long-time resident who would like to know more about your neighborhood? Enjoy an informative evening with an abbreviated version of […]

The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry: A Significant New Indigenous Site

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Our speaker, Tom Trow, is the lead archaeologist for the effort to open to the public a long- hidden archaeological and cultural site in Mower County, MN. For about 400 […]

Living New Deal / Twin Cities’ Canceled Freeways with Aaron Isaacs

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government under President Franklin Roosevelt undertook a major investment in public infrastructure to fight unemployment and keep the economy afloat. Although […]

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T.B. and Harriet Walker and their Contributions to Minneapolis

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Thomas Barlow (T.B.) Walker and Harriet Granger Hulet married and moved from Ohio to Minneapolis in 1863. They had eight children. T.B. began as a land surveyor. By 1923, he […]

Sleuth Your Stoop – Become a House Detective. How to Begin!

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

You live in an older house in the Twin Cities. Congratulations! Do you wonder when it was built? For how much? Who lived there? What did it look like? What […]

Prince’s Side of the Street

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

By the time Prince was 18, he was a fully realized and accomplished artist who could walk into the Sound 80 studio in Minneapolis's Seward neighborhood and write, produce, record, […]

Growing Up in Linden Hills: The Fine Boys and Their Families

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

What it was like to grow up in Linden Hills in the mid-20th Century, and how the Fine family has invested in this neighborhood then and now.

Finding Homes for Our Treasures

St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Do you have material handed down from family? Letters, photos, maps of your hometown? Collections of Rosewood pottery? Ted Hathaway from Hennepin County Library-Minneapolis Central Library’s Special Collections, Yves Hoppie […]