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Home My WebLink About2020-06-16 PACKET 06.A. TO: Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation FROM: John M. Burbank, Senior Planner DATE: June 12, 2020 RE: Historic Playing Cards Phase II Introduction At the last regular meeting of the ACHP, the topic of the second phase of historic playing cards was discussed. The lack of supporting content for some of the identified card topics was probably the biggest hurdle that caused the project momentum to dwindle during the last attempt to produce another set of historic playing cards. Based on that fact, a new review of card topics is in order. Recommendation Review and discuss the previous phase two historic playing card topic sheet, which is attached. 0. Topic Count Information Picture 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Pine Ridge Garden Club The Pine Ridge Garden Club was established in 1969. 17. Cottage Grove Airport 54 In 1959 local pilots received Town Board Approval to establish a new airport in section 15 just north of existing 90th Street Near Jewel Avenue. The grass strip airfield had up to 20 metal hangars and was used into the 1970s. A concrete directional arrow is the only trace left of the facility. 18. Early Farming Currently part of the Peaceful Grove Methodist Church campus, this stately farm 19. Woodwards Store residence was built in two stages: the oldest part of the house in circa 1871, with a roomy two-story wing added on about thirty years later. Preserved along with the 8578 - 90th St. farmhouse are several traditional wood frame outbuildings. 20. White House Inn Highway 61 and Kimbro Avenue 21. Panorama City 58 In 1955 the David Realty Company platted the Panorama City Addition on Allen Street and Belden Boulevard, an existing gravel township road. Belden Boulevard was named after the Belden family who were some of the earliest farmers in the area. Allen Street was renamed in 1969 when the City went along with the County uniform street naming system. 22. VFW Red Barn 23. Cottage Grove Ravine 24. Cottage View Drive in 25. Camerons Store and skating rink 26. Highway 61 48 Built on top of the old Territorial Road between Hastings and St. Paul, Trunk Highway 3 (designated U.S. 61 in the 1930's) was one of the first paved motorways in the state. About a mile of circa 1926 two-lane concrete pavement is preserved as a rural historic landscape. 27. Grey Cloud Island 28. First Shopping Center 29. Almar Farms 30. First Strawberry Festival 31. Majestic Ballroom 32. McChesney House 56 Robert McChesney immigrated to Cottage Grove from Ireland in 1853 and 11825 - 70th St. became a prominent farmer. The house, the oldest part of which dated from the 1860's, showed the influence of the Italian Villa style on vernacular building forms. This structure was recently demolished in conjunction with a valuable fire training exercise after thorough photo documentation. 33. Cedarhurst Ice House 34. Cow Culverts 35. Sunnyhill School 36. Old Community Hall 37. First Council Meeting 43 After making the transition from a township form of Government to that of an incorporated Village, the first Council Meeting in Cottage Grove was held on Wednesday Evening September 8, 1965. Early minutes can be viewed on the city’s web page at www.cottage-grove.org. 38. Jerry’s Restaurant 39. Telephone Office 40. Furber House 41. Nessel School 53 The Historic Nessel School located near Kimbro Avenue and East Point Douglas Road was started in 1855 in the home of William Altenburg. In 1869 the school was built on land donated By Andrew Nessel. The School hosted winter and summer classes until it closed in 1901 after a Merger with Langdon School. 36 42. Cottage Grove School #31 This two-room school was built in the northeast corner of Cottage Grove in1868 at a cost of $3,600. Very famous for its Tom Thumb wedding (a mock wedding put on by the schoolchildren) in 1931. 43. Dairy Store 44. Harry T. Sheldon’s 59 One of the first stand alone family restaurant and bars in Cottage Grove was Harry T. Sheldon’s night club. Now the site of the Chamber of Commerce and Youth Service Bureau. The two sump pumps for the building run 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and are constant reminders of the site’s previous history as a filled wetland perched over bedrock. 45. Early Hotel Old CG 46. Highway 61/ 80th Street 40 Prior to the 1982 construction of the current interchange at 80th Street and Overpass Highway 61, the at-grade intersection that connected to Belden Boulevard was controlled by a traffic signal that was installed in 1967 at a cost of $18,000. 47. Weather in Cottage Grove 22 Average winter Temp = 17 F Average Summer Temp = 70 F Average Precipitation = 28 Inches Average Snowfall = 48 Inches 48. Topography in Cottage Grove 40 The highest point of land in the City is near the Woodbury Border at 988 feet above sea level. The lowest point in the City is at the Mississippi River with an average elevation of 687 feet above sea level. 49. Vegetation in Cottage Grove 19 The “natural” pre-settlement vegetation of Cottage Grove was climax tall grass prairie interspersed with small groves of burr oak and other deciduous trees. 50. Orrin E. Thompson 51 Throughout the years, many families in Cottage Grove have shared the joys 1913-1995 and turmoil of life in a “tract home” built by Orrin Thompson Homes. Beginning in 1958 until the late 1970’s when U.S. Homes Corporation/Lennar Homes purchased the company from Orrin Thompson. Lennar Homes continues the home building legacy in Cottage Grove. 51. Orrin Thompson Wall Clock 27 A favorite new home “modern convenience” option that could be seen in many early Orrin Thompson Homes ramblers was a built-in wall clock located in the kitchen. 52. School bus sled 39 School transportation has always been a well managed affair in Cottage Grove and the balance of South Washington County. This early photo shows bundled up Children Cottage Grove being shuttled to school in a canvas covered horse drawn sled. 53. Early Government 54. Military History 55. Zelch House 46 This early farmstead was built in 1901 as a part of the Cedarhurst Country 10174 70th Street S. estate and was recognized for the beautiful English shire and Norman Horses that were bred and raised there. Some families associated with the house are Spadeno, Severance, Zelch, Zelch (Hart) and Goebel. 56. Cottage Grove City Logo The first city logo was simple in form and color and was most notably displayed on the doors of the City’s earliest police cruisers. 57. Fire Chief Dennis Erickson The City’s first Fire Chief was Dennis Erickson who was employed from XXX 19XX to XXXX. 58. John L. Furber 45 One of the first cars in town was driven by John L. Furber The Stoddard- Dayton was a high-quality car manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio, USA, between 1904 and 1913. This make is built by John Stoddard, the son of a Dayton paint and varnish manufacturer. 59. Cottage Grove Jaycees 44 In the early 1960’s the Cottage Grove Jaycee’s played an instrumental role in the newly booming suburb of St Paul. This 1965 photo shows two club members painting crosswalks at the former Grove School, which has since been converted to a National Guard Armory. 60. Jerry Gerlach 61. Mr. Swandlund 62. General Samuel 63. William Biscoe 64. Police Chief Robert Ozman First Police Chief 65. Carl Meisner 66. Mrs. Ila Brown 67. Fire Hall # 1 68. Curt Radke 69. Glen Brown 70. Bothe’s Century Farm 71. Cardenio Severence 72. Dr. Furber 73. Gordon House 74.