Olof Hanson

Faribault Office

Hanson's office was on the second floor of this building in Faribault, Minnesota.

Note Olof Hanson's name on the middle window.

Faribault Office Interior

Interior of Hanson's office, Faribault, Minnesota, circa 1895-1901.

After Hanson's death, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places registered four of his buildings, including the residence of J.L. Noyes in Faribault, Minnesota.
The building was designed in 1896.

Dawes House

Hanson was the first deaf architect to design a building for the National Deaf-Mute College. Construction was completed in 1895, and the building served as a dormitory for boys of the Kendall School students until 1953. The building, still standing,…

Dawes House Blueprint

Blueprint of the dormitory for boys of the Kendall School, erected 1895.

Dawes House Ceremony

In 1894, the campus community gathered for the laying of the cornerstone of the Kendall School dormitory for boys. The building was designed by Hanson. In the photograph, College President Edward Miner Gallaudet appears to be signing "house." What…