WELCOME!

Hello and welcome to the official website of the St. Louis Park Historical Society. We hope that the information in these pages will be of interest to current and former residents of the Park and others interested in our City.

To get started, click on "St. Louis Park History" on the left, where the pages are organized into categories.  You can also use the Index to find a particular subject.  Although there are some businesses and people in the overall Index, more complete listings are in separate Business and People indices. 

The information presented comes from a variety of sources, including  newspapers, books, yearbooks, phone directories, interviews, and materials collected by the founder of the Society, Marie Hartmann. One of the most important sources of information comes from the unpublished manuscript St. Louis Park:  A Story of a Village.  It was written in 1952 by U of M student Norman Thomas, who had access to a tremendous number of documents that have since been lost or destroyed.  We welcome any additions and corrections. Please contact us with your contributions and comments.

For a whimsical look at the history of St. Louis Park, click here to see a play performed by the Harmony Theatre Company and School on the occasion of our 125th anniversary.
 

NOTES:

The next meeting of the SLP Historical Society will be on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00 pm.  at the Historic Milwaukee Road Depot (37th and Brunswick.   Everyone is welcome!

Thursday office hours at Lenox Community Center are 10 to Noon or by appointment. 
 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

Meetings through September will be held at the Historic Milwaukee Road Depot on the first Tuesday of the Month, 7:00 pm.

CLASS REUNIONS:  CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST!

St. Louis Park's Community Theater will present "The King of the Kosher Grocers" by local playwright and restaurateur, Joe Minjares. The play is set in North Minneapolis in the late 1980's and references St. Louis Park. It will be performed at the Sabes JCC from May 17th through the 26th, 2013.


 

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This information comes from a variety of sources: newspapers, books, yearbooks, phone directories, interviews, etc. Given the varied sources, we cannot guarantee that all of this information is correct, and welcome any additions and corrections. Please contact us with your contributions and comments.