Exterior view of the first frame house built north of Melrose, Minnesota. The home had a log kitchen, two upstairs bedrooms, one downstairs bedroom, and a living room. People pose outside the home with horse-drawn carriages.
Expansion of Monastery (1880-1909). The carriage used by the sisters around 1900 was very likely the vehicle that met students and candidates at the St. Joseph train depot. It had first belonged to the administrator of the St. Cloud Diocese and is still preserved in St. Benedict's Monastery Museum (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).