Join MNSAH for our events and tours. Although our name sounds exclusive, we are not. In fact, many MNSAH members are simply people who love architecture and are eager to experience the fascinating built environment of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest with their fellow enthusiasts.
MNSAH Fall Tour 2026 – University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus
MNSAH Fall Tour
University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus
Past Events
MNSAH 2022 Annual Meeting
Victoria Young, keynote speaker
and David Gebhard Awards
Works in Progress 2021
Works in Progress provides an opportunity to keep abreast of current architectural scholarship through presentations by scholars, preservationists, and curators.
Architectural Historian Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D., will speak about Cass Gilbert’s design for the St. Paul Seminary campus. This timely presentation will discuss Loras Hall, a building that the University of St. Thomas has proposed to demolish.
MNSAH 2020 Annual Meeting
The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH) will hold its first virtual annual meeting on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. The event will include a brief business meeting, recognition of the David Gebhard Award winners, and a keynote talk titled Minnesota Modern Masters: The Highlights, Insights, and Architectural Humor based on MNSAH’s award-winning oral history project.
The MNSAH Virtual Annual Meeting was held on September 30, 2020, and the Zoom Webinar is over, you cannot register now.
MNSAH 2020 Annual Meeting Postponed
March 18, 2020
Due to COVID-19, general guidance at the state and national level, and our deep concern for all our members, the MNSAH Board of Directors has decided to postpone our annual meeting, which had been scheduled for April 15, 2020 at the Minnesota Humanities Center.
Works in Progress 2019
Works in Progress provides an opportunity to keep abreast of current architectural scholarship through presentations by scholars, preservationists, and curators.
This year MNSAH is pleased to present:
Fall Tour 2019
MNSAH’s Fall Tour features the Metcalf residence in Afton, located fifteen miles east of downtown St. Paul. The property consists of the main house and two guest houses designed in the International style by architect Brooks Cavin Jr.
The buildings are located on a hillside along the southern perimeter of the property to take advantage of expansive views over a picturesque marsh and woodland. The buildings step down the hillside, integrating them into the site rather than competing with the natural landscape, which encompasses 180 acres.
