Warroad Heritage Center

08/27/2026

Good morning and happy ! Does anyone recognize where this is? This photo is of the first catholic church and rectory in Warroad! The church is no longer there but the rectory is! Construction started on the building in 1904. This photo is likely from the 1910s. If you want to learn more about the catholic church in Warroad, check out Erin's blog on our website.

https://www.warroadmuseum.com/blogs/warroad-houses-of-worship-part-v-the-northwest-catholic-parish

08/24/2026

The museum will be closed today our entire staff is attending a Minnesota's Historic Northwest meeting in Ada.

08/20/2026

Photo of a sawmill in Roosevelt, MN, circa 1925.
Logging was the economic boom in the beginning of the eastern portion of the county.

08/20/2026

September is just around the corner and for today's we have a photo of the Marvin No. 1 Elevator taken back in September of 1960! This elevator was located on the southeast corner of Lake St. and Main Ave. George Marvin first came to Warroad to work for the Canadian Elevator Company. He would later leave them and erect is own. Does anyone know what the elevator had on it before "Marvins No. 1"?

08/13/2026

We will be closed Friday 8/14.

08/13/2026

! Today we need your help! This photo is of Jane Furuseth and a group of children. We do not know the year or all of the kids in the photo. This is the information we have:

Front: Caleb Heppner, Brandon Norling, Hillary Furuseth, Hannah Furuseth.

Middle: Kala McKinnon, unknown, Laura Mio, Tony Mio, unknown, Mark Thiele, Holly Harrison.

Back: Rachel Landby, unknown, unknown, Adam Thiele, unknown, unknown.

Please let us know if you can give us a year or let us know the missing names!

08/11/2026

Bloom School SD 24 Section 24, Moranville Township, in 1935.
Students are not in any order: Margaret Wilsie, Frank Bloom, Alfred, Bertha, Ralph and Raymond Gallant, Delmont & Marion Hemminsen, Robert Murray, Rose, Ruth, Edel & Betty Sutliff, Margaret Jewell, Edna & Alfred Heppner. The teacher was Mary Kelly.

The Bloom School began in the early 1900s on a corner of the land donated by Joseph Blooms, along now County Road #5, two and a half miles south of Warroad. Many of the children were educated here until 1951, when it merged with the Warroad School District.

Does it still stand today?

08/06/2026

Good morning and happy ! Today we have a photo of some gentlemen standing outside the Berg and Aaker Hotel and Restaurant! We do not have a date for the photo or who the gentlemen are. We do know this photo was taken after 1914 as the buildings on Main Ave are brick. The Berg and Aaker Hotel and Restaurant was located in the F. H. Wheatcroft building on Main Ave.

08/05/2026