Cardstock Model: Old City Hall of Rochester MN

 

This city hall of Rochester, MN was built in 1932 and was used for that role 67 years.  It is now used as a living space (see here).  I made a stylized model of it (the building is quite large) and I had to omit the back end so it would fit on my fireplace mantle. 

To build it you just need to:

1. Down load the three (3) PDFs from these links:
1. Rochester_MN_SW_1_Ave_224_OldCityHall_page_1_of_3.pdf
2. Rochester_MN_SW_1_Ave_224_OldCityHall_page_2_of_3.pdf
3. Rochester_MN_SW_1_Ave_224_OldCityHall_page_3_of_3.pdf
2. Send them to Officemax or a similar print service.   Choose 8.5"x11" size and 100-lbs cardstock.  And color.  
3. Assemble tools/materials:  scissors, a utility knife to score edges, and Elmer's glue.  Oh, and a toothpick to spread the glue on the tabs.

Assembled card stock model of old City Hall

Photo from Google Maps

From an old postcard

The 1/150th Japanese N-scale model being made in Inkscape

Cardstock Model: Mantorville Opera House

 

A short ride from Rochester, MN is the Mantorville Opera House.  There the Mantorville Theater Company puts on plays and melodramas.  I made models of some of the Opera House and some of the buildings near it.  This blog entry makes the Opera House PDF model available.  

To build it you just need to:

1. Download the pdf from this link
2. Send it to Officemax or a similar print service.   Choose 8.5"x11" size and cardstock.  And color.  
3. Assemble tools/materials:  scissors, a utility knife to score edges, and Elmer's glue.  Oh, and a toothpick to spread the glue on the tabs.

Image from Google Maps

Cardstock Model: Office Building Shared by Mayo Brothers and Father

 

Rochester, MN is home to the Mayo Clinic.  Started by brothers Charles and William Mayo, they shared an office with their physician father early in their careers.  It was in the "Cook Block" building.  It no longer exists, but I made an N-scale (1/150th Japanese scale) card stock model of it.  Feel free to download and build it.  Just print the two pages on 8.5"x11" card stock (I send them to Officemax for a really nice print job).

The two PDF files for the building can be downloaded here:

1. Rochester_MN_CookBlock_OriginalMayoOfficeBuilding.page_1_of_2.pdf
2. Rochester_MN_CookBlock_OriginalMayoOfficeBuilding.page_2_of_2.pdf

Photo of assembled card stock building

Cook Block photo from Wikimedia.org

Two Inkscape Projects to create two PDFs...