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34-473: The original building was built in 1938, as a gift to the city by Dr. Charles H. Mayo and Mayo Properties Association (now Mayo Clinic ) and has been expanded and renovated several times over the years. It consists of a ballroom (40,000 sq. ft.) used for conferences and galas, an arena (5,200 seats) used for concerts, wrestling, and basketball, an auditorium (3,000 seats) used for concerts, performing arts, and sporting events, an exhibit hall for consumer shows and

68-508: A cholera outbreak and then attending courses at Indiana Medical College in La Porte, Indiana . Although the training there would probably be considered mediocre by modern standards, the school did have a microscope , an uncommon tool at the time. Knowledge of how to use this instrument proved to be useful in Mayo's future practice. It is a matter of debate whether Mayo actually graduated from

102-518: A Kiwanis, and was active in numerous other professional, civic and social clubs. Mayo retired in 1930 and died of pneumonia in 1939 in Chicago , Illinois. His two sons Charles William Mayo and Joseph Graham Mayo both worked at the clinic. Joseph Graham Mayo was killed in November 1936 in an accident when a train hit his car killing him and his hunting dog, Floosie. Mayo and his dog were buried in

136-494: A commission as a military surgeon but was rejected. Nonetheless, he found his way into military medicine as the Dakota War of 1862 erupted in southwest Minnesota in late 1862. Organizing a group of people from Le Sueur and St. Peter , Mayo headed out to New Ulm , where some of the worst fighting had occurred. Makeshift hospitals in the city cared for people injured in the conflict, as well as refugees driven from farms in

170-611: A degree in medicine. In 1851, Mayo married Louise Abigail Wright (December 23, 1825 – July 15, 1915), and two years later, they had their first child, Gertrude. Around this time, Mayo left for a winter to work as an assistant at the University of Missouri 's medical department. He returned in 1854, but contracted malaria and decided to leave the Lafayette area, saying, "I'm going to keep on driving until I get well or die." Mayo found his way to Minnesota , which he thought would have

204-614: A joint medical practice in Rochester in the U.S. state of Minnesota in the 1880s. William Worrall Mayo was born May 31, 1819, in Salford , Lancashire , England , which was then situated in the ecclesiastical parish of Eccles , where he was baptized on October 24, 1819. He studied science in Manchester under John Dalton , the chemist and physicist responsible for formulating the modern atomic theory of matter and devising

238-591: A more healthful climate and where he did recover from malaria. He settled in Saint Paul , but returned to Indiana a short time later to bring his family to the Minnesota territory . Mayo then found his way to the present-day area of Duluth where he worked as a census -taker. He brought his family to a village named Cronan's Precinct (near Le Sueur ) along the Minnesota River where he became known as

272-725: A table of relative atomic weights . In 1846, Mayo left for the United States. His first work in his new country was as a pharmacist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City , though he soon moved westward. Mayo spent a brief period of time in Buffalo, New York , before settling in Lafayette, Indiana , where he worked as a tailor (one of the vocations he had while in England). He returned to medicine in 1849, assisting in

306-536: A team of doctors who dug up the executed men and hauled them away for use as medical cadavers . Mayo was given the body of Cut Nose whom he dissected in front of medical colleagues. On April 24, 1863, Mayo was named examining surgeon for the first Minnesota draft board headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota. He left his family for that position and soon found the new city to his liking, so they joined him there in early 1864. A year later, his son Charles Horace Mayo

340-598: A theatre for the arts (1,084 fixed seat theatre). The Mayo Civic Center also has 23 meeting rooms/suites varying in size. In 2017, the Mayo Civic Center nearly doubled in size by adding a convention center to its existing footprint. The $ 84 million expansion features a 40,000-square-foot ballroom (can divide into three sections), 16 meeting rooms/suites, and two executive boardrooms. The expanded center hosts medical and technical conferences, large business meetings and healthcare summits. The Mayo Civic Center acts as

374-542: Is used for performing arts as well as concert events. Shows like "The Chocolate Factory" and 1940's Big Band Swing Revue " In the Mood " and other arts events have taken place here, as well as Broadway shows such as Rent . Every two years, the University of Minnesota Marching Band performs its indoor concert at the venue in addition to its traditional series at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis . It annually hosts

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408-637: The Dr. William W. Mayo House . There, he set up his first official medical practice, but the flow of patients was too meager to support the family. Mayo took to publishing a short-lived newspaper , the Le Sueur Courier , which only lasted about three months. He also spent time working on a steamboat . The family saw its first male addition, William James Mayo , in 1861. As the American Civil War began that same year, Mayo attempted to procure

442-550: The WWE Raw , Smackdown and ECW appearing. TNA has hosted events here as well. Notable events held the Civic Center are Disney Live , Elmo Live , Blue Man Group and other events. The Harlem Globetrotters and artists, such as KISS , Chris Young , Little Big Town , Sheryl Crow , Ladysmith Black Mambazo , Bob Dylan , Hinder , Celtic Woman & Disturbed , have performed in the arena. The Mayo Civic Auditorium

476-533: The "Little Doctor" because of his 5-foot-4-inch (1.63 m) stature. Mayo tried his hand at a number of different activities including farming , operating a ferry service, and serving as a justice of the peace in addition to occasional medical duties. By this time, he had two more daughters in his family, Phoebe and Sarah. After a flood in 1859, the family moved to a home on Main Street in Le Sueur , now known as

510-605: The "Mayo Clinic Story" happened on August 21, 1883 , when a tornado devastated Rochester. The most seriously wounded were tended at the German Library in Rommel's Hall with David Berkman as steward. Since many of the patients would need intensive care beyond what was being provided by the patient's relatives and friends, Mayo recruited the local Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota , to be nurses. William J. Mayo had just completed medical school, and Charles H. Mayo

544-589: The Indiana Medical College. William Mayo reportedly stated orally that he graduated from the Indiana Medical College. His graduation date from the Indiana Medical College has been reported as February 14, 1850. However, no documentation of his graduation exists and he is not listed in the Indiana Medical School list of graduates for that year. He then attended and graduated from the University of Missouri on February 28, 1854, with

578-871: The Minnesota State Medical Association (1905–1906), President of the Section on Surgery of the International Congress on Tuberculosis (1908–1909), and President of the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America (1911–1912). In 1913, he became a Regent and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons , serving as its president from 1923 to 1925. He was President of the American Medical Association in 1916–1917, President of

612-627: The NYWA Youth Wrestling State Championships which is one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the United States . It hosted the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship in 2001 and 2002. 44°01′21″N 92°27′31″W  /  44.02247°N 92.458599°W  / 44.02247; -92.458599 Charles Horace Mayo Charles Horace Mayo (July 19, 1865 – May 26, 1939)

646-644: The Section on General Surgery of the Pan-American Medical Association from 1932 to 1934, and of the Minnesota Public Health Association from 1932 to 1936, becoming its Honorary President in 1936. During World War I, Mayo and his brother served as chief surgical consultants for the U.S. Army. Commissioned a colonel in 1917, in 1921 he was commissioned brigadier general in the Officers' Reserve Corps of

680-702: The U.S. Army, and subsequently held rank as brigadier general in the Army Medical Department (from 1926) and as brigadier general in the Auxiliary Army of the United States from 1931. From 1919 to 1936, when he retired, he was a member of the Senate of the University of Minnesota and professor of surgery in the UMN medical school. Charles H. Mayo was engaged in numerous civic organizations. He

714-607: The area. His wife opened her home and a nearby barn to harbor eleven refugee families back in Le Sueur. In hopes of getting a body for dissection , Mayo, among other medical men, attended the hanging of 38 Native Americans in December 1862 for their role in the uprising. Many of the trials of Native Americans took less than 10 minutes. The execution of 38 Dakota men remains the "largest mass execution in American history." Mayo led

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748-475: The foremost medical treatment and research institutions in the world. Within Mayo's lifetime, it registered one million patients. The idea of medical specialization was developed by this group of medical pioneers. A close and enduring relationship between the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota Medical School developed. C. H. Mayo specialized in surgery of the thyroid and nervous system . He

782-532: The main place for meeting and events of the Mayo Clinic , as it plays host to medical lectures and company gatherings. The American Wrestling Association held a weekly television broadcast for both syndication, and cable on ESPN , from 1989-1990. Other promotions like World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling also held shows here prior to their demise. The Civic Center recently has hosted World Wrestling Entertainment house shows with

816-554: The planning of the first City Hall. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1891 to 1895 and was a Democrat . By now, the number of patients was large enough to support the family with no need for him to assume additional jobs. In the 1890s, Mayo advocated unsuccessfully to create an artificial lake by damming Bear Creek where it enters the Zumbro River . The event that is usually credited with beginning

850-817: The private practice created the Mayo Properties Association and established the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research as a not-for-profit entity. In 1910, Mayo became interested in the extraction and distillation of alcohol from animal and vegetable wastes, and one day suffered a serious injury when the extraction mechanism crushed his arm and hand. That injury necessitated an amputation. Complications resulted in his death in March 1911, shortly before Mayo's 92nd birthday. His wife died in 1915. They are buried next to each other at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. The family's home in Le Sueur

884-484: The same casket. A grandson, Charles Horace Mayo II, served a residency at the clinic. Mayo received numerous distinctions both during and after his life: William Worrall Mayo William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English American medical doctor and chemist . He is best known for establishing the private medical practice that later evolved into the Mayo Clinic . His sons, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo , established

918-515: The three Mayo doctors as surgeons, and the Sisters of St. Francis as staff. In 1892, Mayo asked Augustus Stinchfield to join his practice as a full partner. Once Stinchfield accepted the offer, Mayo retired at age 73. As the practice grew, Christopher Graham, E. Starr Judd, Henry Stanley Plummer , Melvin Millet, and Donald Balfour were also invited to join it as partners. In 1919, the partners of

952-465: Was Augustus Stinchfield, who was hired by William Worrall Mayo. Once in place as a partner in the private practice, W. W. Mayo retired at age 73. The private practice became the not-for-profit Mayo Clinic in 1919. At that point, the remaining partners went on salary, and the Mayo Properties Association was established. The world's first "integrated group practice" was established by the seven partners and staff. The Mayo Clinic came to be regarded as one of

986-529: Was a professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota, active there and nationally in both Alpha Kappa Kappa and Sigma Xi fraternities. Charles Mayo's wife was Edith Graham, of Rochester, MN, whom he married in 1893. He belonged to the Episcopal church, and was a Freemason and member of Rochester Lodge #21 of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, AF&AM, a Knight Templar, Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner,

1020-509: Was also responsible for the clinic's ophthalmic patients until 1908. He and early partners insisted on sterile conditions in the operating room, and that was one of many factors that contributed to the medical practice's early surgical successes. Charles H. Mayo was professionally active in numerous medical and academic bodies. He was successively President of the Western Surgical Association (1904–1905), President of

1054-694: Was an American medical practitioner and was one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic along with his brother William James Mayo , Augustus Stinchfield , Christopher Graham, Edward Star Judd Jr. , Henry Stanley Plummer , Melvin Millet, and Donald Balfour . Charles graduated with his M.D. from the medical school of Northwestern University in 1888 and after postgraduate studies at the New York Polyclinic Medical School joined his father, William Worrall Mayo , and older brother, William James Mayo , in their private medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota . The Mayos' first partner

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1088-401: Was born. Mayo opened a solo medical practice in Rochester in 1863. He partnered with W. A. Hyde from February to June 1864 before going back to solo practice. In November 1867, Mayo entered into a partnership with pharmacist O. W. Anderson, which lasted until November 1869 when Mayo left heading for Pennsylvania and New York City to study surgical techniques. Mayo's first foray into politics

1122-410: Was in 1872 when he made a speech to expose local corruption, which ended poorly and Mayo left for Saint Paul. In 1874, Mayo returned to Rochester to rebuild his practice and re-entered local politics. Mayo advocated for a municipal water supply and served on the local Health Board. In the 1880s, Mayo was elected to city mayor , alderman , and was later a member of the school board . As mayor, he oversaw

1156-449: Was in his final year of school, so both were able to assist their father with care of the tornado's victims. Mother Alfred Moes of the Sisters of St. Francis was convinced a full-fledged hospital was needed in Rochester and approached Mayo to head it. She offered to raise the funds and supervise the construction of the hospital. Under her direction, St. Marys Hospital was built and opened in 1889. Originally, St. Marys Hospital had 12 beds,

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