Hattie’s Bedroom: Hattie Estella Long (1888-1976)

This room, known as Hattie’s Room, reflects the presence of Hattie Long, who lived here from 1938 to 1972.

Born in White Bear Lake and an alumna of Washington School, Hattie was a pioneer in special education and a life-long educator. She earned degrees from Illinois State University and St. Cloud Teacher’s College and later taught in White Bear Lake as well as tutored the homebound and hospitalized after she retired.

Hattie was also a writer, geographical society member, preservationist, and ecologist.

Her room contains personal items such as her typewriter, teaching license, and photographs – including the first school Hattie taught at in Rainy River.

You can visit Hattie’s headstone at Union Cemetery which simply reads “TEACHER.”