St. Anthony Village Historical Society

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St. Anthony Village Historical Society St. Anthony Village Historical Society aims to collect, preserve, and disseminate historical knowledge about the City of St. Anthony Village, Minnesota.

We are a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of St. Anthony Village. One of our primary methods is the research, production and sale of historical books about St Anthony. We also have videos posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHo4qhI4fanVHq1VI5VmFw

06/27/2026

Early Settlers and Provenance of the McInnis Farmstead

Our thanks to Patrick Mealey who grew up on Stinson and now lives in northern Maine. With his wife, Joyce Jackson, they have worked together as preservationists and have completed many reconstruction projects across New England. Mealey’s interests now include his boyhood home and neighborhood. See their work at www.fineartistmade.com

The Saint Anthony Village Historical Society has collaborated with Mealey in several projects before and he brought this story to us for further joint research and presentation. His research on the “McInnis” property, located east of Stinson and south of 33rd Avenue, uncovered genealogical information, newspaper articles, and maps documenting the 1854 arrival of Elijah Grindall and his family from Maine. Grindall was the first farm owner in the property’s chain of ownership; several earlier owners were nonresident speculators.

The result of our collaboration is a video that is best viewed on your computer monitor, laptop, notebook or IPad . It can be seen at:

https://1drv.ms/v/c/a68aca7ab3ffa4da/IQDbPfjKER98SouPnePPI33gAZnBzAdH_D6cMJFtwRDXaB0?e=JDNuGN

04/01/2026

The Annual Meeting of the St. Anthony Village Historical Society will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 10 AM in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 3301 Silver Lake Road.
We encourage anyone with an interest of the history of St Anthony which was established as a township in 1858 by the territorial government and incorporated as a village in 1945. All are invited to this free event and encouraged to bring any artifacts, photos, stories or questions to share. Our agenda will include a brief business meeting to elect our board of trustees and officers and to accept reports from the officers. Our board now has several vacancies, and we need and encourage volunteers to ensure the continuation of our organization. A documentary video will be presented on the rapid growth of St. Anthony in the decades of the 1950s and 1960s which will be followed by sharing and discussion with the audience. Light refreshments will be available.

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St. Anthony, MN
55418

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