Longfellow Field, Minnehaha Avenue and East 28th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1911-1917)
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| Location of Site: | Minnehaha Avenue and East 28th Street |
| Neighborhood/s: | Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year Established: | 1911 |
| Year Ended: | 1917 |
| Historic Function: | Park |
| Current Function: | Commercial district |
(44.9519763° N, 93.2346634° WLatitude: 44°57′7.115″N
Longitude: 93°14′4.788″W)
Longfellow Field consisted of a little over four acres of land located next to the first Longfellow School. It was a very popular spot for city sports events since it was convenient to the streetcar lines. In 1917 the park board decided to sell the land to a manufacturing firm, the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, for $35,000. It was subsequently moved about a mile southeast to its present location at Longfellow Park.
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Related Links
- Photo of Longfellow School at Minnehaha and Lake
- Inventory of Minneapolis Schoolhouses
- Longfellow Field history
Notes
The first Longfellow School was a 2-story, 4-room brick schoolhouse, built by Minneapolis Township in 1876. The schoolhouse at Minnehaha & Lake (north side of Lake, west of 27th Avenue) became Board of Education property when the City annexed the neighborhood in April 1883. The old building was joined by a second school built on the same site in 1886 (plus 3 extra lots purchased that year). All told, 16 rooms in 2 buildings occupied the site until 1919.
