Smithville is a neighborhood in

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. Grand Avenue serves as a main route in the community. Stewart Creek flows through the neighborhood, with the Saint Louis River located nearby. According to the city's official map, Bardon's Peak on West Skyline Parkway is located within the boundaries of the Smithville neighborhood.

History

Historically, Smithville was the location of

Work People's College Work People's College ( fi, Työväen Opisto) was a radical labor college (a type of a folk high school governed by the worker's movement) established in Smithville (Duluth), then a suburb of Duluth, Minnesota, in 1907 by the Finnish Socialist F ...

, a radical labor college launched in 1907 by activists of the

Finnish Socialist Federation The Finnish Socialist Federation () was a language federation of the Socialist Party of America which united Finnish language-speaking immigrants in the United States in a national organization designed to conduct propaganda and education for social ...

. This residential school, originally a Finnish religious seminary and general education facility, continued in operation until 1941, during most of which time it was politically close to the

syndicalist Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the left-wing of the labor movement that seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of pro ...

trade union, the

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. The main building was later converted into a residential apartment house.

Adjacent neighborhoods

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(north) * Morgan Park (east) *

Gary – New Duluth Gary – New Duluth is a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Although called ''Gary–New Duluth'' by most people in the area, and even identified by local traffic signs as being so named, they are two separate neighborhood communit ...

(south)

External links and references

City of Duluth websiteCity map of neighborhoods
(PDF) Duluth–Superior metropolitan area Neighborhoods in Duluth, Minnesota {{StLouisCountyMN-geo-stub