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=== Architecture and art collection === As the practice grew in the 20th century, it required additional space. Saint Mary's Hospital underwent frequent expansion. Rochester business leader John Kahler built innovative hotel-hospital facilities that served Mayo Clinic patients.<ref name="Clapesattle"/>{{rp|501–502}} In 1914, Mayo Clinic opened the world's first building expressly designed for multispecialty group practice, known as the 1914 "red brick" building.<ref name="Lens">{{cite news |title=Lens on history: The first Mayo Clinic |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/lens-on-history-the-first-mayo-clinic/article_d74c3e68-47f4-585f-81a2-d74c7fa7bb8a.html |newspaper=The Post-Bulletin |date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Clapesattle"/>{{rp|544}} It facilitated ease of movement for patients and staff among specialty areas, brought research and education functions into proximity with clinical practice, and patient amenities.<ref name="Clapesattle"/>{{rp|544}}<ref name="Fye"/>{{rp|38–41}} This approach was replicated and enhanced with the adjoining 1928 Mayo Clinic building, later named for Plummer,<ref name="Fye"/>{{rp|77–80}} its principal designer, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Clapesattle"/>{{rp|697–698}}<ref name="HistoricPlaces">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000278.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form|date=April 8, 2016 |work=National Park Service |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soapask.com/general-hospital/|title= General Hospital |last=Toulas|first=Bill|date=2019-04-27|website=soapask|language=en-US|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> The [[General hospital]] features bronze entry doors designed by artist Charles Brioschi. Each 16-foot high, 5.25-inch thick door weighs 4,000 pounds and features ornamental panels. The doors are closed to memorialize important historical events and influential people, such as the deaths of the Mayo brothers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.<ref name="PlummerDoors">{{cite web |url=https://www.downtownrochestermn.com/art/plummer-building-doors |title=Plummer Building Doors |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=downtownrochestermn.com |publisher=Rochester Downtown Alliance |access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> The 1914 "red brick" building, a National Historic Landmark, was demolished by Mayo Clinic in the 1980s to make way for the [[Siebens Building]] (completed in 1989).<ref name="Lens"/><ref>{{cite web|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324165441/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/127951/siebens-building-rochester-mn-usa|title=Siebens Building, Rochester – 127951 – EMPORIS|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/127951/siebens-building-rochester-mn-usa|url-status=usurped|website=[[Emporis]]}}</ref> Mayo Clinic's campus has undergone expansion over the years.<ref name="Baier">{{cite news |last1=Baier |first1=Elizabeth |title=Growth continues at Mayo Clinic's three campuses |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/05/08/business/mayo-clinic-florida-arizona-minnesota-campuses |publisher=[[Minnesota Public Radio]]x |access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> Other notable Mayo Clinic buildings include the [[Mayo Building (Rochester, Minnesota)]] (construction completed in 1955), [[Guggenheim Building]] (1974), [[Gonda Building]] (2001), [[Opus Imaging Research Building]] (2007) and a recent addition in 2019 – Discovery Square building. <gallery mode="packed" heights="160"> Image:Mayo Clinic Rochester Gonda w trees 3890p.jpg|Gonda Building entrance Image:Mayo Clinic-Gonda atrium-20060705.jpg|Gonda Building atrium Image:Mayo Clinic Gonda building 3997.jpg|Patient cafeteria dome Image:MayoClinicOpusBldg.JPG|Opus Imaging Research Building Image:MayoClinicGuggenheimBldg.JPG|Guggenheim Building </gallery> Mayo Clinic's humanities program was founded on the belief that the arts and healing are linked.<ref name="Richert16">{{cite news |title=Photos: A walk through Mayo Clinic's healing art |last=Richert |first=Catharine |work=[[Minnesota Public Radio]] |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/10/24/mayo-clinic-art-collection-healing-medicine- |date=October 24, 2016 |access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> Over the decades, Mayo Clinic has established an extensive [[art collection]], including these works on display across all campuses: * ''Endangered Species'' by [[Andy Warhol]] * ''[[Jean d'Aire|John D'Aire]]'' by [[Auguste Rodin]] * ''Fish'' by [[Alexander Calder]] * ''Man and Freedom'' by [[Ivan Meštrović]] * Untitled by [[Dale Chihuly]] * ''Four Houses'' by [[Jennifer Bartlett]] * ''The Archer'' by [[Joan Miró]] * ''My Brother and I'' by [[Tuck Langland]] * ''Constellation Earth'' by [[Paul Granlund]]
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