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WCSA Historic District National Register

At the heart of the UMM campus is a 42-acre historic district listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The district encompasses the former West
Central School of Agriculture (WCSA) and Experiment Station, a boarding high
school and research facility that opened here in 1910. The WCSA campus was
planned by landscape architects Morell and Nichols of Minneapolis. Most of the
buildings were designed by a prominent Minnesota architect, Clarence H.
Johnston, Sr.

For more information on the historic district's nomination for the National Register, visit these links:
Nomination (PDF) ( 643 KB)
Maps (PDF) (2155 KB))

You can also read more about this honor through UMM's press announcement.