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The Rondo neighborhood, or simply Rondo, is located within the officially designated Summit-University district in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The boundaries of the historically black neighborhood are sometimes referred to as Old Rondo .
West Seventh in St. Paul is also known as Fort Road, [16] owing to its location on historic Native American and fur trader paths along the northern bank of the Mississippi River from downtown Saint Paul to Fort Snelling. This area is colloquially known as the "West End", and is different from the area across the river known as the "West Side".
Summit-University also includes the historic Cathedral Hill neighborhood, as well as what remains of "old Rondo" - a former neighborhood of the city. Rondo was the center of Saint Paul's African-American community since the Civil War, but was broken apart by the construction of Interstate 94 in the 1960s. [7]
A burial mound at Indian Mounds Park. Burial mounds in present-day Indian Mounds Park suggest the area was inhabited by the Hopewell Native Americans about 2,000 years ago. [17] [18] From the early 17th century to 1837, the Mdewakanton Dakota, a band of the Dakota people, lived near the mounds at the village of Kaposia and consider the area encompassing present-day Saint Paul Bdóte, the site ...
The Catholic parish of St. Agnes also serves the area of Frogtown with its comprehensive elementary and high school (Saint Agnes School), classes of kindergarten through senior high school. [12] Saint Paul Public Library operates the Rondo Community Library adjacent to Frogtown. [13] The newly renovated Rondo Library opened in late August 2006.
The highway joins Minneapolis and Saint Paul together where it meets Minnesota State Highway 280 (MN 280). In Saint Paul, the routing of I-94 is set through the historic Rondo neighborhood, which, prior to the highway's construction, was the largest Black community in Saint Paul. [2] [3] [4]
The origins of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center date back to 1908, in the Rondo neighborhood. Black members of two St. Paul organizations (the Odd Fellows and the Masons) purchased six lots on Aurora Street between Kent and Mackubin, to organize efforts to serve the local Black community.
Mechanic Arts High School was a high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which operated from 1911 to 1976.The school was part of the Saint Paul Public Schools district. Located near the Rondo neighborhood, it was a prominent school for Saint Paul's black students.