Scoville Memorial Library is a historic building on the

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Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling ...

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, United States. It is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. It was the college's library until the current library was built in the 1950s. Until 2016 it housed several student support organizations and the Cinema and Media Studies department. The building underwent extensive renovations for restoration and accessibility and currently houses the Admissions and Financial Aid offices. It was built in 1896 and listed on the

(NRHP) in 1982. The construction of this library "completed the historic core of buildings" on the Carleton College campus. Also NRHP-listed on the campus are Willis Hall, built 1868–72, and

Goodsell Observatory Goodsell Observatory is an observatory at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was constructed in 1887 and was, at the time, the largest observatory in the state of Minnesota. The Goodsell Observatory and its predecesso ...

, built 1887.

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Historic Campus Architecture Project: Scoville Hall
{{National Register of Historic Places Carleton College Buildings and structures in Rice County, Minnesota Library buildings completed in 1896 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Romanesque Revival architecture in Minnesota University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Rice County, Minnesota