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Carleton College (/ ˈ k ɑːr l t ɪ n / KARL-tin) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. [7] Founded in 1866, the 200-acre (81 ha) main campus is between Northfield and the approximately 800-acre (320 ha) Cowling Arboretum, which became part of the campus in the 1920s.
His wife, Susan Willis Carleton, donated $10,000 to help clear the construction debt of the college's the first permanent building. [4] The building was named Willis Hall in her honor. [ 5 ] It was designed in the French Second Empire style by a prominent Minneapolis architecture firm, Alden and Howe.
Carleton University campus as seen from the south. Carleton's campus is situated on 153 acres (62 ha) bounded to the west by Colonel By Drive and the Rideau Canal, to the east by Bronson Avenue, and the south by the Rideau River. The campus is situated adjacent to the Dominion Arboretum and the Central Experimental Farm.
The Jo Ryo En Japanese Garden is a Japanese garden located on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA.Commonly translated as the "garden of quiet listening," the garden is a small (1/4 acre) setting located behind Watson Hall on the Carleton College campus.
Skinner Memorial Chapel is a chapel and historic building on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The chapel was built in 1916, fifty years after Carleton College was founded, and was financed by a gift from Emily Willey Skinner.
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The Weitz Center for Creativity is an academic building at Carleton College, located in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Formerly a middle school and high school, [1] it opened in the fall of 2011. In addition to classrooms, the center houses the Perlman Teaching Museum, [2] a theater, and two dance studios. [3]
Scoville Memorial Library is a historic building on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was the college's library until the current library was built in the 1950s.