Damage from the 1998 tornado

On March 29, 1998, a series of tornadoes did much damage to the city of St. Peter and Gustavus Adolphus College. None of the Hendrickson family were hurt, but the family house sustained damage, and a downtown warehouse and Andreas' car were destroyed. Things are back to normal, but the summer was spent cleaning and repairing organs at Gustavus and removing the Hendrickson tracker organ from the heavily damaged Church of St. Peter.

Tornado damaged pipes in the Hendrickson warehouse

Hendrickson home before tornado

Hendrickson home a month after the tornado

Church of St. Peter with the Hendrickson tracker organ covered in plastic.

Volunteer lumberjacks from the Wayzata Community Church at the Hendrickson Organ Company after the tornado: (left to right) Diana Lee Lucker, Linda Stahl, Lee Minors, and Sherry Gilbertson.