Hermantown Historical Society

08/08/2024

August updates for the History Center! We will be open on the second and fourth Saturdays (August 10 and 24) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

We are also excited to give our presentation about the Jackson Project Homes to the residents of The Pillars of Hermantown on Monday, August 19, at 1:30 p.m.

06/10/2024

Our next Hermantown Historical Society meeting is set for Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the History Center. We welcome new members, friendly visitors, and history seekers!

06/06/2024

The Hermantown History Center is open on June 8 and June 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come and take a tour through the history of one of Minnesota's finest hometowns!

05/03/2024

The History Center is set to welcome Hermantown's 3rd graders and their teachers on May 23 to experience our shared history. More than 130 children will learn more about where they live - and that we were all once 3rd graders just like them!

04/25/2024

The Hermantown Historical Society will be having their first business meeting of the year on Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the History Center. Visitors and potential new members are welcome!

04/03/2024

Okay, I was finally able to post the story and photos about John Wold!

A second victim seemingly wounded the unknown assailant with his own knife, but authorities never caught up with the man.

04/03/2024

Back in 1966, a recent grad of Hermantown was brutally murdered while working a night shift at a gas station at Sixth Avenue East in Duluth. His murderer was never found. Poor John Wold!

03/06/2024

We have a history of great youth sports in Hermantown. The secret, though, is youth is how you define it, and sports are whatever your passion is. When your hometown supports those endeavors, you have a great hometown.

02/13/2024

Thank you to all who attended our Hermantown Historical Society event at UMD yesterday! It was fun to see people engaged with the history of our area by diving into the past. We hope it enriched your understanding of an important historical aspect of H-Town history, our Jackson Homes.

Missed this event? No worries! Our regular history hours will begin again this summer, or you can arrange a private tour anytime!

11/16/2023

No.6 Lincoln School - 1895-1938 - was located at Adolph, on the
west side of Midway Road, built in 1895 and was a one-room school until it was replaced. In 1912 it was replaced on the east side of Midway Road with a two-room school - no teacherage. This school burnt in the "Fire of 1918". It was rebuilt in 1919 as a two-room school with a teacherage.

11/15/2023

The past comes alive with Connie Jacobson's in-depth look at the 1918 fire and its effect on Hermantown.

Copies of this book, and other wonderful historic Hermantown books, are available at the Historical Society!

11/09/2023

No.5 Jackson School - 1895-1938 - Was located on the Swan Lake Road (now known as Miller Trunk) and Lavaque Road. In 1915 they sold the building for S27.00 to the Jackson Farmers Club. A new two-room school replaced it with a teacherage. The Club house, located at the back of the school grounds burnt, but the new Jackson School did not burn in the "Fire of 1918". After consolidation into Hermantown School, the Jackson Farmers Club took over the school.