{"id":765,"date":"2017-08-09T08:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/?p=765"},"modified":"2018-12-10T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T18:12:19","slug":"the-town-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/the-town-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Town Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Town Houses<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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Clifford Clark<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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The nine townhouses along Highway 19 look, from a distance, like traditional late-nineteenth century houses. Built on the side of a hill, they contain a lower apartment for one student in the basement, complete with kitchen, bathroom, and living room; and an upper, two-story apartment that contains one double and two single bedrooms, along with a two-story living room, bathroom, and kitchen. Designed for students who wish to cook for themselves and be somewhat independent of the main part of campus, the townhouses have been immensely popular since they were built in 2001.<\/p>\n

In 2008, the houses ran a competition to decorate their doors with a \u201cChoose your own adventure story\u201d theme as a way of building community. The adventure began on Friday afternoon of the third week of the term with directions such as \u201cYou wander on over to the snack bar to pick up an afternoon snack and to see who all is there. You enter into a jam-packed Sayles and search around for friends. You have no luck, so decide to go into the snack bar to pretend like someone is waiting out there for you, and secretly hoping you\u2019ll run into someone you know. While standing in line, you narrow your choices down to three different items on the menu. To order 12,000 mozzarella sticks, go to Dow 100. To order a veggie burger, go to Collier 200. You grab your veggie burger and leave the snack bar to meet up with friends. On the way to your friend\u2019s townhouse you get a phone call from your mom reminding you to vote on Tuesday. If you choose to vote in the presidential election proceed to Dixon 100. If you don\u2019t vote go to Hunt 200.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like all adventure stories, there are perils, and you perish if you eat all 12,000 mozzarella sticks.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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View of the Townhouses from Division Street<\/h3>

Standing on the corner of Division and Second Streets, looking northeast, one is able to see several townhouses lining a trail leading to Carleton’s campus.\n<\/p><\/div>

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The Townhouses<\/h3>

Many of Carleton’s townhouses line this path, which runs from campus grounds near Musser Hall on Union and First Streets to the corner of Division and Second Streets.<\/p><\/div>

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View from Northfield Blvd<\/h3>

Most of the townhouses contain two apartments, an upstairs and a downstairs. The entrances of the lower apartments face Northfield Boulevard.\n<\/p><\/div>

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Student Housing in Back of Musser Hall 2001<\/h3>

Photographer Chris Faust took this picture of Eugster Townhouse for the “Vantage Points” photography project that happened around campus in 2001. Musser Hall, typically an underclassmen dormitory, stands in contrast to the newer upperclassmen apartments.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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