Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff are sitting on the steps in front of Mott Hall. Numbers are written on the front of the photo, and corresponding names written on the back of the photo read: "1. Dr. J(ames) L. Noyes, 2. Fred C. Sheldon, 3. Mrs. A. R. Hull, matron, 4. Mr. Geo(rge) Wing, 5. Alice Noyes, 6. Mr. Carroll, 7. Miss Jeannie Cramer, 8. Mr. Downing, 9. Miss Pietrowski, 10. Mrs. Carroll, 11. Mrs. Geo(rge) Wing, 12. Miss Marion Wilson (later married to Fred C. Sheldon)." Two unidentified men are not staff members.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are standing on the left in front of the South Wing, and female students are standing on the right in front of the North Wing. The North and South Wings of Mott Hall served as the first permanent buildings for classrooms and dormitories during 1874-1879. The North Wing was the first to be occupied on March 17, 1868, and the South Wing was occupied in the fall of 1873. The two wings were almost exact counterparts, and were connected by a covered passageway on the first floor level.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Mott Hall served as a school building for both dormitories and classrooms. The text at the bottom of the photo reads: "J. L. Noyes, Superintendent, Minnesota School for the Deaf, Faribault, Minnesota."
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Mott Hall. The man with a hat and a white beard standing in the back row, just left of center, is Superintendent James N. Tate. In the background, from left to right, are Mott Hall and the Power Plant building.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are carrying wooden posts and brooms, and waving caps and hats. They are standing in front of Barron Hall and on its balconies. Barron Hall was the boys' dormitory at the Minnesota School for the Deaf.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital of the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, Minnesota, was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of the north wing of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man with a hat and a white beard sitting in the center of the second row is Superintendent James N. Tate. The man standing in the second row, to the left of Superintendent Tate, is Dr. James L. Smith. The woman seated in front of Dr. James L. Smith is Thilda P. Smith. Standing behind Dr. James L. Smith is Louis Albert Roth. Standing behind Louis Albert Roth is Peter N. Peterson. The man standing in the third row, to the right of Superintendent Tate, is John Schwirtz. The seventh person sitting to the right of Superintendent Tate (in the same row) is Wesley Lauritsen. The man with a white beard standing behind and just to the left of Wesley Lauristen is Louis C. Tuck. The man standing in the back row on the left end is Edward Frechette.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital of the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, Minnesota, was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The man in a dark suit and tie sitting in the third row on the right end is Louis C. Tuck. The man sitting in the third row, fourth from the left end, is Louis Albert Roth. Sitting to the right of Louis Albert Roth are one unknown man, Victor R. Spence, Wesley Lauritsen, Peter N. Peterson, three unknown people, Thilda P. Smith, Dr. James L. Smith, Edith Stevenson, and Superintendent Elwood A. Stevenson.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Staff and students are assembled in front of Tate Hall. The male students are in military uniforms. The student sitting on the ground in the first row, fifth from the left, is John Mathews. The student sitting in the second row on the left end is Frank Turk. The man standing in the seventh row on the left end is Don Padden. The man standing in the fifth row, fifteenth from the left, is Norman Oja. The man sitting with his daughter on his lap in the center of the third row is Superintendent Leonard M. Elstad. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Elstad are Mr. Farrar, Mildred Duggan, Lloyd Ambrosen, Clarence Sommer, Carl Smith, unknown woman, Elizabeth Heine, Ms. Kleiner, Lewis Backstrom, Fern Hatfield, Paul Koring, Mr. Klement, Mr. Cook, unknown woman, Ms. Sauser, unknown woman, Ms. Fink, unknown woman, Opal Coffman, and Clara Flom. Sitting to the left of Superintendent Elstad are Josephine Quinn, Edith Elstad, unknown man, Chester Dobson, Hannah Meyer, Elizabeth Sommer, Herbert Sellner, Edwin Johnson, Victor R. Spence, Byron B. Burnes, Wesley Lauritsen, Harriet Harrell, Elizabeth Petteys, unknown woman, Mrs. Carl Smith, Ms. Myklebust, Ms. Oaks, Mary Bowen, Ms. Towler, Martha Peterson, Elizabeth Day, Muriel Young, unknown woman, and Frank Kohlroser.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
The school hospital of the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, Minnesota, was originally called the Infirmary. It was constructed in 1894, and was the only building on campus designed by the deaf architect, Olof Hanson. The infirmary was previously in the North Wing of Mott Hall, but it was moved to an isolated location for health safety reasons. It provided separate wards for ordinary and contagious patients. It was razed in the summer of 1973.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Young female students are standing in front of Mott Hall and the Power Plant building. They are from Pollard Hall, which was a co-educational dormitory. Names written on the back of the photo read: "Hauwiller, Weisenhaus, E. Miers, Skari, Weeks, Hanson Sophie, Rockman, Clark, DeVries, G. Richie, Cook, Kniefel, Simonson, V. Richie, and Magnuson." The student in the front row on the right end is Virginia Richie (later Ricci), and the student in the front row, third from the right, is her sister Gloria Richie.
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Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum