Mayo Clinic Lighting Program
The Plummer Building on the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, MN is named for scientist, physician, and engineer Dr. Henry S. Plummer, whose tenure spanned Mayo's formative years from 1900 until his death in 1936. His genius and energy were essential to Mayo's early success and development. The tower at the top of the Plummer Building houses Mayo Clinic’s Carillon. The Carillon Tower is one of Mayo Clinic’s and the City of Rochester’s most prominent and recognizable architectural features and is beautifully illuminated each night. With increasing frequency, disease-specific nonprofit organizations have requested that the Carillon Tower be lighted in a specific color to heighten awareness of their cause.
In the past, other lighting requests have included commemorating those lost in terror attacks, the loss of Mayo staff and certain holidays.
Non-profit health and wellness-related organizations have the opportunity to request that Mayo Clinic buildings be lit with a specific color(s) to heighten awareness of medical conditions or disease-specific causes.
To Request Special Event Lighting
Complete a lighting application.
Purpose & Objectives
Guidelines for the lighting of the Plummer Building tower ensure fairness, transparency, and consistency with Mayo’s strategic mission. Decisions are based upon adherence to the following objectives.
Further Mayo Clinic’s mission by enhancing public awareness of medical conditions and diseases
Reinforce the Carillon dedication to the soldiers of the United States Military
Acknowledge official public days of mourning
Plummer Building Lighting Schedule
April 1 - Donate Life Month, green and blue
April 2 - National Autism Awareness Day, red, blue and yellow
April 11 - World Parkinson’s Day, blue
April 15 - Deaf/Hard of Hearing Awareness, yellow, dark blue and turquoise
April 22 - Earth Day, green
April 23 - National Infertility Awareness, orange