Located on a bluff above the Mississippi River, the University of Minnesota is a land-grant institution founded in 1851, when Minnesota was still a territory. We will experience two National Register districts on the U’s East Bank campus. The Old Campus Historic District is based on a design by HWS Cleveland; its buildings represent a proliferation of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles. The Northrop Mall Historic District, a distinguished campus plan envisioned by Cass Gilbert and detailed by Morell and Nichols, is the largest Beaux-Arts campus in the state.
Meeting at Pillsbury statue across from Burton Hall, 178 Pillsbury Dr. SE, and then walk back through the mall area for lunch at the campus club
