Pill Hill / Historic Southwest, Rochester MN

Southwest Rochester, near downtown · about 3 min to Mayo Clinic downtown

About Pill Hill / Historic Southwest

Pill Hill is a National Register of Historic Places district, roughly 3rd to 9th Streets and 7th to 10th Avenues SW, inside the Historic Southwest neighborhood association area.

Many of its historic homes were built for Mayo Clinic physicians. Saint Marys Hospital sits at the bottom of the hill to the northwest, and the Mayo Foundation House (Dr. William J. Mayo’s home) marks the district’s northeast edge.

Sources: Wikipedia – Pill Hill, Rochester, Minnesota (NRHP district) · City of Rochester / Olmsted County GIS – Neighborhood Associations

Homes for sale in Pill Hill / Historic Southwest

See homes for sale in Pill Hill / Historic Southwest

This search uses the City of Rochester’s neighborhood boundary for Pill Hill / Historic Southwest and shows every active Rochester listing inside it.

8 homes in this neighborhood area were sold with Lori or Lea, either as the listing agent or helping the buyer (MLS data). See them on the sold-homes map →

Parks and schools nearby

Parks nearby

Soldiers Field Memorial Park · 0.4 mi
Four Square Park · 0.6 mi
Zumbro South Park · 0.7 mi
United Way Park · 0.7 mi
Baihly Heights Tot Lot · 1.0 mi
Soldiers Field Golf Course · 0.5 mi

Rochester public schools nearby

Folwell Elementary School · 0.6 mi
Riverside Central Elementary School · 1.0 mi
Lincoln K-8 Choice School · 1.2 mi
Washington Elementary School · 1.4 mi

Nearest by distance, not necessarily the assigned school. Confirm with Rochester Public Schools’ Find Your School.

Check school boundaries for a specific address with Rochester Public Schools’ school lookup tool. Boundaries can change, so please verify with the district.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the neighborhood. Park and school locations are from OpenStreetMap; the school list is checked against the Minnesota Department of Education’s list of Rochester Public Schools.

Commute to Mayo Clinic

Commute from Pill Hill / Historic Southwest

From	Downtown campus (Gonda)	Saint Marys campus
Pill Hill / Historic Southwest	3 min1.1 mi	3 min0.7 mi

Approximate driving times from the OSRM route planner (OpenStreetMap data), calculated 2026-10-02 for normal, light traffic, not rush hour. Downtown construction and winter weather can add time. Times are to the campus area, not to a specific ramp or door.

Bus and transit options

Rochester Public Transit (RPT) runs city bus routes, including park-and-ride express service from three lots to Saint Marys and downtown. Parking at the RPT park-and-ride lots is free and the regular fare is $2; Mayo Clinic employees show their Mayo ID for employer-sponsored fares (City of Rochester). Mayo’s staff commuting flyer names the lots as N. Broadway (CMX Chateau Theater), the Olmsted County Fairgrounds and 75th Street NW.
Link, a fare-free 2.8-mile bus rapid transit line linking the West Transit Village, Mayo Clinic campuses and downtown, is under construction. The city expects first rides in August 2027 (City of Rochester, Sept. 2026).

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