LACROSSE, Wis. – The Rochester-based Mayo Clinic asked city permission to demolish the St. Francis and St. Ann buildings at its St. Franciscan-Skemp hospital in La Crosse. Interior demolition work has already begun. The $1.6 million demolition is part a major Mayo overhaul of the hospital, which it acquired in 1995.
Demolition. The St. Francis building had been the primary heart of the Franciscan-Skemp hospital campus. A skyway over Market Street connects to the smaller St. Ann building.