Interior view of a dormitory ward at the Anoka State Hospital, ca. 1910.

Dormitory ward at Anoka State Hospital

Interior view of a dormitory ward at the Anoka State Hospital, ca. 1910.

Buildings of the Anoka State Hospital, ca. 1910.

Buildings at Anoka State Hospital

Buildings of the Anoka State Hospital, ca. 1910.

Aerial view of Anoka State Hospital, 1937.

Aerial view of Anoka State Hospital

Aerial view of Anoka State Hospital, 1937.

Anoka State Hospital

When the fourth state hospital for the insane at Anoka opened in 1900, it became the first state transfer hospital for patients considered incurably insane. The hospital was the first in Minnesota to be built according to the cottage plan to reduce the institutional feel for its chronic patients. It remains one of the finest examples of the cottage plan in Minnesota.

Boarded-up commercial building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue, ca. 1958. The image also shows a billboard advertising Wonder Bread. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue

Boarded-up commercial building at 1418 Glenwood Avenue, ca. 1958. The image also shows a billboard advertising Wonder Bread. Photo by Norton & Peel.

Front of the Shaw-Hammons House, 1987. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Shaw-Hammons House

Front of the Shaw-Hammons House, 1987. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Front of the Shaw-Hammons house (302 Fremont Street, Anoka), August 1987. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Shaw-Hammons House

Front of the Shaw-Hammons house (302 Fremont Street, Anoka), August 1987. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

The Shaw-Hammons House (302 Fremont Street, Anoka), ca. 2013. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Shaw-Hammons House

The Shaw-Hammons House (302 Fremont Street, Anoka), ca. 2013. Photographer unknown. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Shaw–Hammons House

Built in 1854, the Shaw-Hammons House has also been known as the DeGraff–Follrath House. As of 2020, it is the oldest extant residential structure in the city of Anoka.

The Rum River Inn bar and restaurant (formerly the Riverside Hotel) in St. Francis, July 1990. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2057.5.70. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Rum River Inn

The Rum River Inn bar and restaurant (formerly the Riverside Hotel) in St. Francis, July 1990. Anoka County Historical Society, Object ID# 2057.5.70. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

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