1. Mayowood Historic District
Kate Seybold
SITE CONTEXT HISTORY OF MAYOWOOD
-The estate of Mayowood is a complex of buildings that were originally
created and designed by Dr. Charles H. Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, from 1911-1939. It then
became the home of his son Dr. Charles W. Mayo from 1939-1968
-It covered 3,000 acres and included a man-made lake, gardens, a wildlife preserve, a horse track,
nine active farms, and numerous other buildings and landscape elements
-Dr. Mayo donated the complex to the Olmstead County History in 1965
-The Mayowood Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1910, the district
Minneapolis to Mayowood Mayo Clinic to Mayowood Mansion & landscape were added in 1970
Mansion
-Approximately 4 miles SW of the
-Approximately 88 miles SE of Mayo Clinic
the Twin Cities -Close proximity to HWY 52 CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS
The Mansion Pathways
“Heavily Wooded to Rolling Terrain”
Landscape Features The Bridge
2. The Mayowood Rehabilitation Center will provide a relaxing and calming environment for long term, as well as short term patients. Dr. Charles Mayo’s
Mayowood Rehabilitation Center philosophy was to integrate and educate through the natural landscape. The rebabilitation center will be a space and home of comfort and healing
because of the built and natural spaces of the site.
RESTORATION & PRESERVATION FOCUS
-Fixing Mansion exterior & interior spaces
-Bridge for pedestrian use
-Surrounding landscape & pathways
-Gazebo
-Fish breeding ponds
-Parking structure
Floor Plan Pedestrian Bridge
Patient Bedroom Fountain Elements
Gazebo
