Ruth Cornell House 

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The Ruth Cornell House offers a good night’s sleep as well as a wealth of opportunities for relaxation and fun.  All sleeping rooms and lounges have wireless internet access. Here you’ll find our heated indoor pool, whirlpool, sauna and game room with a pool table, ping pong and foosball. Also available are a lounge with couches and games, and a library with books and tapes for our guests to use during their stay.
 
Ruth Cornell House Features:
 

• 17 rooms, each with two double beds and
  private bath
• One handicapped accessible room with two twin beds and private bath
• Four dormitory rooms each with a combination of twin and bunk beds to sleep 8 and shared bathroom facilities
• Individually controlled heating and cooling in sleeping rooms
• Wireless internet access in sleeping rooms
• Lounge
• Library
• Heated indoor pool
• Whirlpool
• Sauna
• Pool table
• Foosball table
• Ping pong table
• Guest phone in common area

Our aim is to provide you with a quiet place to relax or interact without distraction. In keeping with this goal, all of our sleeping rooms are free of phones, television and internet access. Rollaway beds and cribs are available.

The Ruth Cornell House is named after a long-time member of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Ruth and her husband, C. Herbert, were active in Mount Olivet Lutheran Church and gave generously for the construction of Mount Olivet Conference & Retreat Center’s first lodging facility.