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Historic Mayowood, Rochester, MN
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Historic Mayowood

One-hour guided tours of the 38-room 1910 mansion Dr. Charles H. Mayo built outside Rochester, furnished with original family pieces and run by the county history center.

3720 Mayowood Road SW · Rochester, MN

About Historic Mayowood

Mayowood is the country estate Mayo Clinic co-founder Dr. Charles H. Mayo and his wife Edith built in 1910 on Mayowood Road southwest of Rochester. The 38-room house is shown only by guided tour, run on the hour by the History Center of Olmsted County, and is largely furnished as it was during the family's time, with original artifacts and stories about the Mayo family. Mayo Clinic owns the property; the History Center manages the tours. Tours run Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday in spring, add Thursdays July to October, and switch to decorated Christmas tours from late October to mid-December.

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