Ted Wirth ( namesake and park designer like his grandfather) established
the Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society. In 2002 the Society accomplished
recognition for the Theodore Wirth Home and Administration Building to be
placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
One of the Society's goals is to protect this historic home and take
responsibility for accurate interpretation of the historic era of
Theodore Wirth that has been identified and recognized by the National
Park Service.
The Society has asked the Minneapolis Park Board for permission to create
an interpretive learning center within the building - as a service to the
public - at no cost to the Park Board.
We hope to see you there!
I saw a number of Minneapolis Issues List members at this event. I very
much enjoyed touring the house and learning more about the history of the
Parks and the remarkable Wirth family. I encourage the Park Board to make
this beautiful building more accessible to the public.
I met Mark Ritchie - who is running for Secretary of State as a
DFLer. Ritchie told me that his non-profit - the Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy had bid on the use of the Wirth House in 1997 - they had
bid $1900.00 per month. The Park Board gave it to Gurban's Park Group for
$700.00 per month. What torked Ritchie off the most, was the Park Board
didn't even have the courtesy to inform his group that they were going with
Gurban's group.
Eva Young
Near North
Minneapolis
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Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759,
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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