by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Laird Stadium Tanner Fliss Laird Stadium, with a seating capacity of 7,500 for football and outdoor track meets, is one of the largest NCAA Division III stadiums in the country. When it was built in 1927, there was some thought that Carleton would join the Big Ten...
by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Hill of Three Oaks Leslie Moore Located in the Upper Arboretum, the Hill of Three Oaks has historically been a popular location for picnics, Frisbee games, and concerts. It also overlooks a baseball field where students annually—in memory of Marvin Rotblatt, the...
by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Headley House Clifford Clark Designed by Minneapolis architect A. R. Van Dyke and built in 1937, the house of Leal and Harriet Marston Headley at 815 East Second Street was patterned after Mrs. Headley’s childhood home in San Diego, California. Mrs. Headley’s...
by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Great Hall Leslie Moore Built in 1928, Severance Hall completed the u-shaped set of dormitories (Davis, Burton, and Severance) that housed male students. This collection of collegiate Gothic buildings, tucked behind Scoville Library on the south and Willis Hall on the...
by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Goodsell Observatory Ben Weiss On June 2, 2010, student pranksters transformed Goodsell Observatory into a giant replica of R2D2 (a character from the acclaimed Star Wars universe). Using a virtual scale model of Goodsell for precise measurements, the students painted...
by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Carleton College
Farm House Leslie Moore To attract extra help with the weeding each spring, Farm House, the sustainable-living interest house, hosts an event known as “Farmstock.” The well-known, popular event began in 1982. During the day students come and get their hands dirty...
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