Sarah Shirey

Sarah Shirey holds a B.A. in History from Loyola University Chicago. She has worked for the Minnesota Historical Society as an interpreter at Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota State Capitol. She has also served as a volunteer researcher and writer for MNopedia.

Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul’s Como Park is one of few remaining Victorian ‘crystal palaces’

By Sarah Shirey

Nov. 22, 2016

The conservatory first opened on November 7, 1915.

What’s the story with those small houses on Milwaukee Ave. in Minneapolis?

By Sarah Shirey

May 3, 2016

Built in the 1880s as high-density homes for immigrant workers, they were saved from destruction in the 1970s when neighborhood residents successfully organized to preserve the avenue as a historic district.

Treatment at Minnesota’s Rochester State Hospital changed along with attitudes toward mental health

By Sarah Shirey

March 22, 2016

The hospital opened in 1879 and operated for more than 100 years.

So who was this Snelling guy, anyway?

By Sarah Shirey

Jan. 12, 2016

Josiah Snelling’s family ran a successful baking business, but he built his career by enlisting in the military and working his way up.