Historic Faribault

Last Sunday we went to Faribault to watch the Vikings games with Erik. After the game, Erik, Aimee and I wandered the grounds of the old school where Erik's apartment is located. We think the main building of the school was built around 1874 and I'm sure the beautiful chapel was built about the same time. The building where Erik lives was built in 1962 and is very typical of buildings built during that era. There is also gorgeous separate home which we assume was built for the headmaster, but not sure. We discovered a rabbit cage next to the home. There was also a small building which, of course, Aimee and Erik had to open and found that it contained hay. I found a smaller door entering this builing and determined that this was an old chicken coop. We also figured out that cows and possibly horses had been maintained there, which would make sense for a school built in the late 1800s. They probably would have raised much of their own food. I have done a bit of research to find out who built this school, but so far haven't found anything. It was owned by Shattuck-St. Mary's in the past but was sold. It was Covenant Academy of Minnesota for many years, but they ceased to exist 2 years ago. It was also used as a school for troubled teens at one point (hence all the cameras located around the campus) but was closed when the headmaster was discovered to be a pediophile.