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Isanti County
Historical Society
33525 Flanders St. NE
Cambridge, MN 55008
Phone: 763-689-4229
Email: ichs@izoom.net

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All visits are by appointment only. Research inquiries should be done by phone or email.

Our Heritage Center, located in the northwest corner of the Isanti County Fairgrounds, off Highway 95 and Flanders Street in Cambridge, was set on fire by an arsonist on July 8, 2011 and burned to the ground.
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Heritage Center

The Heritage Center, designed by former board member Gunilla Hill, resembles a Swedish Farmstead. It is located on 5 acres in the northwest corner of the Isanti County Fairgrounds. The Center was built specifically to house the Isanti County Historical Society collections and historical records. It also serves as a meeting place for all interested in the history of our country and state. Visit the Heritage Center on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to conduct research or view our displays. The Heritage Center functions as our office and our spacious community room is available to rent for meetings, receptions or family reunions.

Portions of the 1st phase of the building plan (offices, foyer, museum/exhibit area, meeting room/library, restrooms) were ready for occupancy in February 2003. Four years later, the museum/community hall, kitchen and collection storage area were completed. Additions to the heritage center will be completed in two more phases in the future.


Other buildings on the site include an 1870's Pioneer Log Cabin, a workshop/ storage facility for our present and future accessions, and the Olson summer kitchen.


A secure donation can be made on-line to help pay off the Heritage Center mortgage.
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FIRE DESTROYS HERITAGE CENTER ON JULY 8, 2011

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The Isanti County Heritage Center was destroyed on July 8, 2011 after being set on fire. Despite the fire department's best effort, the building was completely destroyed. The archival room suffered the greatest damaged and over 70% of the society's archives were lost.
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Historical Wall

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In order to make the large room more useable and have a place to house the chair and table carts, Kathy McCully has worked with volunteer Curt Haugen to design an historical wall with faux building fronts behind storage areas. Curt will be donating all of this labor, and artist Nicolle Reece from Isanti will be painting all of the details of this wall. It is going to look great!

Historical Mercantiles

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Two former mercantiles in Isanti County are the inspiration for the new wall in the community room.