These doors are at the main entrance of the Plummer Building, the first building on the Mayo campus.
Each door weighs 4000 lbs, stands 16 ft high, and is 5.5 inches thick.
Six repeating symbolic panels and 2 repeating ornamental patterns are
interspersed thought each door.
The symbolic panels depict:
A wooman kneeling next to her child to represent maternity
A figure holding an overflowing cornucopia and a shock of wheat to represent agriculture
A figure with a paint palette and brushes to represent the fine arts
A figure with a lamp and scroll to represent education
A figure with a hook and crane to represent the mechanical arts.
For more information see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031446/