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Restore and Improve Breuer Buildings

While the Collegeville Institute has been mostly closed to guests this year, the Board of Directors saw an opportunity to invest in our post-pandemic future. In January 2021, they voted unanimously to begin renovations on our 54-year-old facilities. Currently, the Collegeville Institute is in Phase Two of this project.

Beautiful and accommodating lodging create an atmosphere of inspiration and well-being for our guests and enable us to be an inviting destination for thought leaders now and into the future.

We invite you to support this investment in the future of the Collegeville Institute by making a financial contribution now.

 

In our comprehensive campaign, we seek to raise $1.5 million to fund the building renovations.

 

MAKE A GIFT TODAY

Project Details

Historic Photos

The renovations to the Collegeville Institute’s historic facilities will maintain the original vision of renowned architect Marcel Breuer, but also to bring our facilities into the 21st-century.

Architect Marcel Breuer

Collegeville Institute elevations

Architectural drawings of the Collegeville Institute

Construction begins in 1967

View of lake from CI apartment

Original apartment kitchen in 1968

Learn more about Breuer architecture at the Collegeville InstituteDownload
 

Renovations: Phase One

The first phase, major apartment renovations of kitchens and bathrooms, was completed in late spring 2021.

Prepping the apartments for painting

Painting in the apartment living rooms

Painting in the apartment bedrooms

Original fireplaces have been carefully preserved

Gutting the bathrooms

Kitchen rehab begins

Kitchen appliances and counters removed

Apartment kitchens are gutted

New kitchen tile installed

New bathroom sinks and showers

Kitchen counters installed

New bathroom tile

Kitchen cupboards installed

New apartment showers

Final kitchen walk-through

Kitchen sink and counters

Finished kitchen

Kitchen cabinet doors

 

Renovations: Phase Two

Currently, the renovation project is in Phase Two, in which the apartments’ oak parquet floors are sanded and refinished, furniture replaced, and appointments (lights, rugs, curtains, kitchen utensils, etc.) replaced. This phase will be completed by the end of 2021.

Supplies and furnishings in the Butler Center

Supplies and furnishings in the Butler Center

Preparing apartments for occupancy

Elisa Schneider uploads apartment furnishings

New apartment couches and pillows

New mattresses delivered

New rugs, coffee tables, and lamps

Window blinds

New blinds installed in apartments

Custom built-in bedroom benches installed

Couches delivered to apartments

Living room with furniture

Coffee ready for scholars

Living room coffee table, chairs, and lamp

Apartment kitchens are ready

 

Renovations: Phase Three

In the third phase, the Collegeville Institute’s meeting and office building, the Butler Center, will be renovated and made ADA accessible. At the same time one apartment (not fully renovated during phase 1) will also be made ADA accessible.

 

Panorama View

Click on the panoramic photos below to view the Collegeville Institute apartments in late 2020 prior to renovation.

 
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Attention to the form and beauty of our facilities contributes significantly to the hospitality for which the Collegeville Institute is so well known.

 

Do you have questions? 
Contact Amy Fistler, Director of Development,
directly by email at afistler001@collegevilleinstitute.org
or by phone at 651-353-6941.

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