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Anoka: House associated with three generations of an influential local family and three architectural styles, juxtaposing an 1867 Gothic Revival core with an elaborate 1901 Queen Anne/Neoclassical remodeling. [20] Now a bed and breakfast. [21] 17: Windego Park Auditorium/Open Air Theater: Windego Park Auditorium/Open Air Theater: January 8, 1980
The Anoka County History Center is a museum affiliated with the Anoka County Library system and operated by the Anoka County Historical Society that showcases the history of Anoka County, Minnesota. Located in downtown Anoka , surrounded by historic buildings and riverways, the History Center features a 3,000-square-foot exhibit gallery that ...
Anoka (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [6] is a city in and the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 17,142 at the 2010 census. [7] Anoka is the "Halloween Capital of the World" because it hosted one of the first Halloween parades in 1920. [1]
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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twenty-two ...
Windego Park Auditorium/Open Air Theater is an amphitheater in Anoka, Minnesota, located on the Rum River.The theater was built in 1914 and was spurred by the City Beautiful movement, as well as Anoka citizens' interest in outdoor entertainment and recreation.
Anoka County (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [2] is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, its population was 363,887. [3] The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, [4] which is derived from the Dakota word anoka meaning "on (or from) both sides", referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.
The first generation of Ticknors was among the original settler-colonists of Anoka who arrived and built the river town in the mid-19th century. The family opened a dry goods store in 1855 before converting it into a cigar-manufacturing business in 1860. Building upon this success, Heman Ticknor expanded the businesses to include a drug store ...