Buildings & Places at SJU
See also A History of SJU Buildings and St. John's Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
"High Above the Sagatagan: A Landscape Paradise" [on the natural history of St. John's land] by Vincent Tegeder, OSB. Scriptorium, v. 25, 1986, p. 95-107.
| Dates | Building/Place/Project | ARCHITECT, DESIGNER |
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Glacial Period |
Lake Sagatagan: A Lake of Saint John's Abbey Arboretum [video], Lake Sagatagan [DNR Stats] and Ice Freeze/Thaw Dates |
Mother Nature |
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+1856 +1859 |
Resident Designer |
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+1858 +1859 |
Saint Joseph Priory |
Resident Designer |
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+1859 |
Indianbush "Old Farm" |
Resident Designer |
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+1864 +1867 +1886 |
Resident Designer |
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+1866 |
Resident Designer |
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+1868 +1873 +1878 +1941 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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+1868 +1875 +1879 +1918 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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+1868 +1878 +1903, 1939, 1974, 1993 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB; Linus Ascheman, OSB |
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1868, 1894, 1928, 1976 |
* Quadrangle, Saint Raphael Hall, Health Center |
Vincent Schiffrer, OSB; Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
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1869, 1891, 1950, 1981 |
* Quadrangle, Southeast |
Vincent Schiffrer, OSB |
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+1869, 1876, 1965, 2007 |
Wolfgang Northman, OSB; Cloud Meinberg OSB |
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+1869 +1927 +1929 +1941 |
Resident Designer; Phillip Heitkemper, OSB |
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1872, +1894 |
Resident Designer |
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+1872, 1915, 1943, 1989, 2007 |
Vincent Schiffrer, OSB; Gilbert Winkelmann, OSB; Cloud Meinberg, OSB |
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1874, 1879, 1897, 1950 |
* Quadrangle, East |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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+1876, 1890, 1980 |
Water Tower, old and new |
Chrysostom Schreiner, OSB, and commercial |
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1878, 1981, 1993 |
* Butcher Shop (Electric Shop) |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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+1878 |
Shoe Shop |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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1878 |
* Smoke House |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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+1878, 1897, 1921, 1944 |
Crew House (Laundry) |
Resident Designer; Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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+1878, +1918, +1935, 1949, 1979 |
Chicken Coop (waste water treatment) |
Resident Designer |
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+1878, 1925, 1944 |
Lumber Shed |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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+1879, 1902 |
Collegeville Station (1st) |
Nicholas Klein |
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1879, 1891, 1937, 1961 |
* Quadrangle, Great Hall (Former church) |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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1883, 1978, 1984 |
* Quadrangle, NW, W, SW |
Gregory Steil, OSB |
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1888-1889, +1946 |
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+1889, +1892, 1912, 1914, 1999 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB, Rafferty, St Paul |
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+1890, +1894, +1961 |
RD, Melchior Freund OSB |
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1891, 1923, 1984, 1992 |
* Saint Joseph Hall, +garage & relocation |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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+1896 |
Handball Courts, site of Alcuin Library |
Resident Designer |
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1898 |
Ding an Sich |
Resident Designer |
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1898 |
John the Baptist Statue |
Unknown |
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+1898 |
Pflueger House |
Nicholas Klein |
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1901, 1928, 1964, 1999 |
Charles Aldrich; Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1901, 1937, 1949, 1986 |
Charles Aldrich |
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1901 |
Collegeville Station (2nd) |
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+1902 |
Handball Courts, site of Mary Hall |
Resident Designer |
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1904, 1914, 1983, 1992 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB; Hammel, Green & Abrahamson; RRT |
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+1905, +1908, 1917 |
Watab Fish Ponds |
Clerics OSB |
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1907, 1933, 1984 |
Gregory Steil, OSB; Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
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1908, 1922, 1933, 1986, 2002 |
Sam Chute |
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+1908 |
Fish Hatchery |
Resident Designer |
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1909, 1923 |
* Quadrangle, Cold Corridor |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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1910, 1989 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB, RRT |
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1910, 1914, 1944 |
Clerics OSB |
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1912, 1977, 1993, +2014 |
* Paint Shop (Laundry) |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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1914 |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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1915 |
Lady of Lourdes Statue |
Unknown |
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+1915 |
Entrance Gate with Lions |
Resident Designer |
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+1915 |
Wimmer Hall Skyway |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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1915, 1916, +2007 |
Cemetery Wall & Landing |
Clerics OSB |
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1916, 1979 |
* Quadrangle, Devil’s Tower |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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1919, 1934 |
* Plumbing & Candle Shops |
Raphael Knapp, OSB |
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ca. 1920 |
Joseph and Helena Roske |
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1922, 1996-99 |
John T. Comes, Pittsburg; Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1923 |
Monastery Bath House |
Angelo Zankl, OSB |
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1924, +1951, +1989, 2011 |
Rafferty Associates, St Paul |
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1925-1926, +1974 |
Louis Pinault, St Cloud |
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+1926 |
Golf Course |
Archie Houle |
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1927 |
Monastery Bath House Steps |
John Pueringer, St. Joseph |
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1928, 1984, 2011 |
O’Meara & Hills, St Paul; Hammel, Green & Abrahamson |
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1931 |
Monastery Garden Stone Wall |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1931 |
Stone Arch Gate, West Woods |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1933 |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1934, 1942, 1943 |
Frank House Stone Walls |
Edward Zwak, OSB |
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1935 |
Greg House Stone Wall |
John Pueringer |
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+1938 |
Handball Courts, Power House |
Resident Designer |
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+1939 |
Stone Arch Gate, Football Field |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1939 |
Unknown |
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1940, 1981, +2014 |
Edelbrock House (Durenberger) |
Philip Heitkemper, OSB |
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1941, +2021 |
Philip Heitkemper, OSB |
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1941, 1995 |
Quadrangle, East Porch (Admissions) |
Cloud Meinberg, OSB |
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+1941 |
Sculpture Shop (Foundry) |
Resident Designer |
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+1942, 1970, 1996, 2009 |
Maple Sugar House (aka Maple Sugar Shack) |
Philip Heitkemper, OSB; Sebastian Schramel, OSB |
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+1942 |
Cloud Meinberg, OSB |
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1942 |
Philip Heitkemper, OSB |
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1943 |
Potato (Bee) Cellar |
Resident Designer |
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1943, 1993 |
Summer Garden House (St. Francis Chapel) |
Philip Heitkemper, OSB; Grooters, Leapaldt, Tideman |
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1945, 1949, 1958, 1980, 1988, 1999 |
Toltz, King & Day, St Paul |
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1946 |
St Augustine’s Monastery, Bahamas |
Jerome Hawes TOSF |
| 1946, +1951 | Barracks | Unknown |
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1946 |
Apple Cellar |
Edward Zwak, OSB |
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1947 |
Huschle House |
Dunstan Nordick, OSB |
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1949 |
San Antonio Abad, Puerto Rico |
Cloud Meinberg, OSB |
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1950, 1993 |
Emmaus Hall (Seminary) |
Jackson; Grooters, Leapaldt, Tideman; Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1951, 1982, 1992, 2001 |
McCann & Assoc, Mpls; Rafferty |
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1954, 2009 |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1955, 2021 |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1956 |
unknown | |
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1956, 1961, 1963, 1988 |
Liturgical Press, Printing |
Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn, RRT |
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+1957 |
Monastery Pergola |
Joachim Watrin, OSB |
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1958-1961, 1984 |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1959, 1979 |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1960, 1983 |
Watab Causeway & Bridge; lights, steps |
Civil Core of Engineers; Roman Paur |
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1961 |
Baldwin Park cleared |
1960-61 Novices |
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1961 |
Stained Glass Window, Abbey Church |
Bronislaw Bak, SJU Art Department Faculty |
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1962 |
Hansen & Michelson, St Paul |
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1962 |
Baldwin Park Madonna (slab glass) |
Catherine Smith |
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1962 |
Jellum House |
Resident Designer |
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1963 |
Slabglass & Bronze symbols, Lit Press |
Placid Stuckenschneider, OSB |
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1964 |
Alcuin Library (dedicated 1966) |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1965, 1977, 1998 |
Abbot Peter Engel Science Center & Greenhouse |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York; Rafferty; CSNA |
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1966 |
FM Tower |
Technical Associates |
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1967 |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1968 |
Collegeville Institute (formerly called Ecumencial Institute) |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1969 |
Abadia del Tepeyac, Mexico |
Gabriel Chavez de la Mora, OSB |
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1970 |
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1970, 1980 |
Quadrangle, Der Keller |
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1970 |
Fire Station |
John Anderl, OSB, Avon Lumber |
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1972 |
* Quadrangle, Dining Room renovation |
Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
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1972 |
Victor and Philomena Tholl |
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1972, +2006 |
Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
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1973, 1997 |
THH; Ellerbe Becket |
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1973 |
Marcel Breuer |
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1975 |
Marcel Breuer & Associates, New York |
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1976 |
Wild Flower Reserve |
Gunther Rolfson, OSB |
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1977 |
I-94 Footbridge |
US Highway Department |
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1977 |
Service Garage |
Avon Lumber Company |
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1978 |
Quadrangle, Angel Tower |
Hammel, Green & Abrahamson, St Paul |
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1978 |
Quadrangle renovation, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors |
Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
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+1979 |
Bresnahan Kiln, Joe Hall Garage |
Richard Bresnahan |
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1980 |
Dining Service Storage |
Traynor, Hermanson & Hahn |
| 1981 | Water Tower | Milner W. Carley and Associates, St. Cloud |
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1981, +2021 |
Hammel, Green & Abrahamson |
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1982 |
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1982, 1986 |
Saint John the Baptist Parish Center |
Gary Grooters, Saint Cloud |
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1986 |
Campus Master Plan |
Hugh Jacobsen, DC; Kiley Walker |
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1986, +2017 |
Science Center Annex |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1987 |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1988 |
Entrance Plaza (Great Hall, Auditorium) |
Kiley Walker; Hugh Jacobsen |
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1988 |
Wetlands Project & Dam/ Habitat Restoration Project |
Paul Schweitz, OSB |
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1988 |
Infrastructure tunnels, reconstruction |
Donlar Construction |
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1989 |
Campus Cooling System |
Gausman & Moore, engineers |
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1989 |
Student Green (Breuer Dorms) |
Dan Kiley & Associates, Boston |
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1989 |
Hugh Jacobsen |
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1990, 1999 |
John Cuningham, St Paul |
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1991, + 2022 |
Bentz, Thompson, Rietow, Mpls |
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1992, 2001, 2011 |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1992 |
Richard Bresnahan |
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1996-2000, 2006 |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1996 |
Weber Center, Prep School (dedicated July 26, 1998) |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1997 |
McNeely Spectrum, McKendrick Hall |
Ellerbe Becket |
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1997 |
Clemens Stadium |
Ellerbe Becket |
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1997 |
All-Weather Track |
Ellerbe Becket |
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1997 |
New Entrance Road and Landscape |
Bentz; Bakke, Kopp, Ballou, McFarlin |
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1997 |
Arboretum Designation (dedicated May 9, 1997) |
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1997 |
Gregory Friesen, CSNA; Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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1998 |
Arboretum Prairie Kiosk (dedicated September 26, 1998) |
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1998 |
Holy Trinity Monastery, Fujimi, Japan |
Ken Takagaki and Associate, Tokyo |
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1999 |
Monastery South Walks & Garden Gate |
BKBM; Tad Jensen, mason |
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1999 |
Hammel, Green & Abrahamson |
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2000 |
Saints Maur & Placid Apartment Bldgs (dedicated Aug. 30, 2001) |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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2001, 2002 |
Quadrangle renovation, first floor |
Rafferty, Rafferty, Tollefson |
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2001 |
Peter Engel Science Center Plaza |
Gregory Freisen (CSNA) |
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2005 |
Abbey Guesthouse (dedicated Oct. 22, 2006) |
Vincent James Associates, Minneapolis |
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2006 |
Chapter House addition - Abbey Church (dedicated May 6, 2007; initially called Petters Pavilion) |
Vincent James Associates, Minneapolis |
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2008 |
Rice Building Systems, Inc. |
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2009 |
Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindecke |
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2009 |
McKeown Community Center (dedicated Sept. 12, 2009) |
Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindecke |
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2009 |
Solar Power Project (dedicated October 7, 2009) |
Westwood Renewables, Hunt Electric Corporation, M+W Group |
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2011 |
Campus Signage Project |
Seriagraphics |
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2013 |
President's House acquired by SJU |
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2015 |
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2016 |
Haws Field (Durenberger Field) |
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2016 |
Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindecke | |
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2016 |
RRTL and Anderson Johnson and Associates |
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2021 |
BWBR Architects, Saint Paul |
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2023 |
Gregory Friesen and Associates, CSNA Architects |
+razed; mostly starting dates
*in The National Register of Historic Places
Italics indicate buildings or projects that are off-campus or for other entities.
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