By Mary Mergenthal

Kristin Anderson, professor emerita of Art & Design at Augsburg University, will present her final free St. Anthony Park neighborhood history talk at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, for both in-person attendees and online listeners.

Anderson’s free presentation will focus on the history of Hampden Park and is scheduled to take place at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, 2323 Como Ave.

The homes surrounding Hampden Park are among the neighborhood’s earliest residences. They range from large, elaborate structures to smaller, more modest buildings, reflecting the historically mixed economic status of the area’s residents.

In addition to examining these historic homes, Anderson will also review early religious buildings, some now-lost commercial spaces and a former fire station, all near or surrounding lovely Hampden Park.

Anderson, a longtime St. Anthony Park resident, has been taking neighborhood residents and friends on monthly visual tours of SAP history for more than two years.

In addition to the in-person session at the church, the talk also can be accessed live online, with a recording available for one week after the session. Use the SAPLC YouTube channel at bit.ly/Sap-history.

You can also get to the church’s YouTube channel by clicking through from saplc.org, clicking the Worship link, and then to the live­stream link. 

Mary Mergenthal lives in St. Anthony Park and is a former editor of the Bugle. She is also the Bugle’s obituaries editor.

Photo: Houses near Hampden Park. Photo by Kristin Anderson.