As State Architect
On May 22, 1901, the Minnesota State Board of Control, a body responsible for the construction and operation of all state-funded institutions, appointed Johnston as the state's architect. He continued as the state architect until 1931, when the State Division of Construction was dissolved. During this time, he also continued his private practice, since state business was at the whims of the Minnesota Legislature issuing building projects at certain times. Retaining private commissions allowed him to operate his office continuously. Private commissions also earned a higher rate of return.
The State Board of Control was initially in charge of nine institutions:
| Historic institution name | Modern name | Location | Buildings designed by Johnston |
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| Hospital for the Insane | Minnesota Security Hospital | St. Peter | Main building additions and alterations, additional dormitories and wards |
| Rochester Asylum for the Insane | Closed 1982 and demolished | Rochester | Main building additions and alterations, dormitories and hospital buildings |
| State Asylum for the Insane, Anoka | Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center | Anoka | Main building additions and alterations, several cottages for men and women, new administration building in 1919 |
| Hastings Asylum for the Insane | Minnesota Veterans Home, Hastings | Hastings | Main building additions and alterations, several cottage and dormitory buildings |
| Training School for Boys | Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing | Red Wing | Main building additions and alterations, auditorium/gymnasium, shop building, kitchen building, and cottages |
| Minnesota State Reformatory | Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud | St. Cloud | South wing completion, new administration building, cell houses D, E, and F, hospital |
| Minnesota State Prison | Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater | Stillwater | Initial design of the new Bayport location authorized in 1905, administration building, four cellhouses, machinery factory/shops/foundry, warden and deputy warden's residences |
| Minnesota School for the Feeble-Minded | Closed 1998, subsumed by Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault | Faribault | Main building alterations and additions, many custodial buildings and cottages |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis campus |
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| University of Minnesota School of Agriculture | University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus | St. Paul campus |
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| First State Normal School of Minnesota | Winona State University | Winona | Library, Morey Hall, Phelps Hall, Shepard Hall, College Hall |
| Mankato Normal School | Minnesota State University, Mankato | Mankato | |
| Third State Normal School | St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud | |
| Moorhead Normal School | Minnesota State University Moorhead | Moorhead | |
| Duluth Normal School | University of Minnesota Duluth | Duluth | |
| Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children | Closed 1970, now preserved as a museum | Owatonna | South wing, power plant, and some dormitory buildings |
| State School for the Blind | Minnesota State Academy for the Blind | Faribault | |
| State School for the Deaf | Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf | Faribault | |
| Some buildings of the Minnesota State Fair | St. Paul | Cattle pavilion, grandstand repairs and reinforcing, warehouse |
While Johnston was the state architect, the board added the following institutions to its control:
| Historic institution name | Date added | Modern name | Location | Buildings designed by Johnston |
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| Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives | 1905 | Ah-Gwah-Ching State Health Care Facility | Walker | |
| Thirteen county sanatoriums | 1913 | Various counties | ||
| State Hospital for Indigent, Crippled, and Deformed Children | 1907 | Renamed Gillette State Hospital for Crippled Children in 1925; now part of Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare | Near Lake Phalen in St. Paul | Main complex, several service buildings, and Michael Dowling Hall (school) |
| Willmar Hospital Farm for Inebriates | 1907 | Willmar Regional Treatment Center, closed in 2007 | Willmar | |
| Home School for Girls | 1907 | Minnesota Correctional Facility-Sauk Centre; closed in 1999 | Sauk Centre | |
| Women's Reformatory | 1918 | Minnesota Correctional Facility – Shakopee | Shakopee | |
| Minnesota Colony for Epileptics | 1924 | Cambridge State Hospital, closed 1999 | Cambridge | |
| Ramsey County Preventorium | 1928 | Became Lake Owasso Children's Home in 1955; closed 1976 | North of St. Paul | |
| Agricultural school added to Northwest Agricultural Experiment Station | 1905 | University of Minnesota Crookston | Crookston |
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| Agricultural school added to Northeast Agricultural Experiment Station | 1905 | Now part of Itasca Community College | Grand Rapids | School of agriculture, Bergh Hall, and Donovan Hall |
| West Central School of Agriculture | 1910 | University of Minnesota Morris | Morris |
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| South Agricultural Experiment Station | 1912 | University of Minnesota Waseca (now defunct) | Waseca | Superintendent's residence |
| Northeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station | 1912 | razed | Duluth | Institute Hall |
| Bemidji State Normal School | 1918 | Bemidji State University | Bemidji | Deputy Hall, Sanford Hall, training school wing and heating plant |
| Minnesota Historical Society building | 1916-1918 | Minnesota Judicial Center | St. Paul | |
| Minnesota State Office Building | 1931-1932 | St. Paul |
For all the institutions above, Clarence Johnston either designed new buildings, designed improvements to existing buildings, or both.
Read more about this topic: Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.
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