Preservation Rochester

The owner of the Days Inn (building was previously identified in Rochester's draft Heritage Preservation Ordinance as a potential landmark) property in downtown Rochester is working with Wisconsin-based Hammes Company on a proposal to demolish the existing structure and replace it with a 16-story, mixed-use development. - Med City Beat

Proposal calls for Days Inn hotel to be replaced by new 16-story development DMC's Heart of the City sub-district may have landed its first big project. The owner of the Days Inn property in downtown Rochester is working with Wisconsin-based Hammes Company on a proposal to demolish the existing structure and replace it with a 1 6-story, mixed-use development. Prelimin

Challenged list Properties on the Rochester Heritage Preservation Commission’s “challenged list” were removed from a list of potential landmark properties approved in 2017.

The proposed potential status for each property had been challenged by owners for a variety of reasons, including requests for further study and worries about potential limitations for future modification to the buildings.

The properties on the list created last year include:
• Assisi Heights. 1001 14th St. NW
• Building No. 31/Floral Hall, Olmsted County Fairgrounds
• Bulbulian House, 1229 Skyline Drive SW
• Civilian Conservation Corps fair board office building, 1408 Fairgrounds Ave. SE
• Civilian Conservation Corps blacksmith shop, Fairgrounds Avenue Southeast
• Civilian Conservation Corps/Works Progress Administration walls. Olmsted County Fairgrounds
• Charles Sheard residence, 2217 Balsam Court Southwest
• Christ United Methodist Church, 400 Fifth Ave. SW
• Dr. Joe R. Brown residence, 2303 Crest Lane SW
• Extra-Ordinary Bookseller/Attorneys at Law/Barrister Hall, 9-11 First St. NW
• Fairgrounds grandstand, Graham Park/Olmsted County Fairgrounds
• House, 606 Memorial Parkway SW
• House, 303 Sixth ave. SW
• Industrial Education Building, Olmsted County Fairgrounds
• International Business Machines Corp. Building, 3700 U.S. Highway 52
• Keys House, 1217 Skyline Drive SW
• Lourdes High School, 621 Center St. SW
• Monarch/Libby’s/Seneca Foods Canning Co. water tower, 1217 Third Ave. SE
• Methodist Hospital, 201 W. Center St.
• McGoon’s/Goonie’s, 7 Second St. SW
• Olmsted County garage, Third Avenue Southeast
• R.V. Randall residence, 611 Memorial Parkway SW
• Rochester State Bank, 331 16th Ave. NW
• Rochester Travelers Hotel/Colonial Motor Hotel/The Beverly, 426 Second St. SW
• Saint John’s Cemetery, 500 11th Ave. NE
• Silo, UCR Drive SE
• Silver Lake Power Generating Plant, 425 Second Ave. NE
• Saint Marys Hospital, 1216 Second St. SW
• Trinity Lutheran Church, 532 Second St. SW
• Zumbro Lutheran Church, 210 Sixth St. SW

Protected? Not exactly... Think Rochester's iconic ear of corn water tower is safe from the wrecking ball? Think again.