# Plummer Building
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{{Short description|Part of the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minnesota, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Plummer Building
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = Plummer-building.jpg
| caption = The Plummer Building seen from the southwest in 2009
| location = [Rochester, Minnesota](/source/Rochester%2C_Minnesota), US
|locmapin = Minnesota#USA
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = building
| mapframe-zoom = 12
|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the Plummer Building
| built = {{start date and age|1928}}
| designated_nrhp_type = August 11, 1969[{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=822&ResourceType=Building |title=Mayo Clinic Building |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235607/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=822&ResourceType=Building |archivedate=2011-09-26 }}]
| added = August 4, 1969[{{NRISref|2006a}}]
| refnum = 69000075
}}
The '''Plummer Building''' in [Rochester, Minnesota](/source/Rochester%2C_Minnesota), is one of the many architecturally significant buildings on the [Mayo Clinic](/source/Mayo_Clinic) campus. This new "Mayo Clinic" building, opened in 1928, added much needed space to the ever-expanding Mayo practice. The [architect of record](/source/architect_of_record) is [Ellerbe & Co](/source/Ellerbe_Becket), now [AECOM](/source/AECOM). It was the third building designed by the firm for the Mayo Clinic. The '''Mayo Clinic Buildings''' were listed on the U.S. [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1969, and the Plummer Building was further designated as U.S. [National Historic Landmark](/source/National_Historic_Landmark) a week later, designated as '''Mayo Clinic Building'''.[
==History==
The Plummer Building was dedicated on September 16, 1928. Ten thousand people were in attendance for the event. The building was dedicated by Dr. Charles H. Mayo. The carillon was dedicated to the American Soldier by Dr. William J. Mayo:
:"Today we dedicate this carillon to the American Soldier, in grateful memory of the heroic actions on land and sea to which America owes her liberty, peace and prosperity. We now give this carillon into the hands of the American Legion and other patriotic bodies who have maintained in the past and will maintain in the future the ideals of those noble men and women who founded the United States of America."][City Celebrates Diamond Jubilee, ''Rochester Post-Bulletin'', Friday June 7, 1929 Jubilee Edition, Page 2]
thumb|left|upright|1922 postcard showing the building design before the addition of the bell tower.
The early design collaboration between [Henry Stanley Plummer](/source/Henry_Stanley_Plummer) and Franklin Ellerbe established the model for future generations of new clinic and hospital buildings. The new 1928 [Art Deco](/source/Art_Deco) Mayo Clinic building was the physical manifestation of the early Mayo partners (Drs. Will and Charlie Mayo, Dr. Stinchfield, Dr. Graham, Dr. Judd, Dr. Henry Plummer, Dr. Millet, and Dr. Balfour) desire to create the first integrated private group practice.
When the building was complete it was the tallest building in Rochester until 2001 when the nearby [Gonda Building](/source/Gonda_Building) was completed.
[[File:MayoClinicCarillonneur.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Jeffrey Daehn, the Plummer Building carilloneur from 2004 to 2017, performing the Victorian Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" on the carillon as part of its annual Christmas recitals during the 2016 holiday season.|A carillonneur plays "[Good King Wenceslas](/source/Good_King_Wenceslas)" on the Plummer Building's 56-bell [carillon](/source/carillon) during the 2016 [Holiday season](/source/Christmas_and_holiday_season)]]
It is topped by a distinctive [terra-cotta](/source/terra-cotta) trimmed tower which contains a 56-bell [carillon](/source/carillon). The carillon is played daily, and its music can be heard throughout downtown. The tower is lit by floodlights every night and is a centerpiece of the city's skyline. Ray Corwin, of Ellerbe and Round, designed the building's decorative elements. Corwin also was responsible for the design of the decorative elements found in the [Chateau Theatre](/source/Chateau_Theatre) and [Oakwood Cemetery](/source/Oakwood_Cemetery_(Rochester%2C_Minnesota)) gate.
The Plummer Building is among the more than 200 structures designed by the Ellerbe firm in Rochester. They are also the architect of record for other Mayo buildings including the 1914 "Red" Clinic building, the 1922 Mayo Institute for Experimental Medicine building, the 1954 Clinic building, and the 2002 Gonda Building, as well as the [Rochester Methodist Hospital](/source/Rochester_Methodist_Hospital).
Its {{convert|4000|lb|adj=on}} ornamental bronze doors nearly always stand open, symbolizing eternal willingness to accept those in medical need. They have been closed only to commemorate notable events in Mayo or national history.[{{cite web|url=http://www.downtownrochestermn.com/art/plummer-building-doors|title=Plummer Building Doors|accessdate=2016-09-19}}]
==See also==
*[Art Deco in the United States](/source/Art_Deco_in_the_United_States)
*[List of tallest buildings in Rochester, Minnesota](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Rochester%2C_Minnesota)
*[List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota](/source/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Minnesota)
*[National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Olmsted_County%2C_Minnesota)
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Plummer Building}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235607/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=822&ResourceType=Building National Historic Landmarks Program - Plummer Building]
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Category:Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Category:Skyscrapers in Rochester, Minnesota
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