The William G. Carleton Auditorium, built in 1954, is a historic building on the campus of the

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in Gainesville,

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, in the

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. Like several other buildings on campus, it was designed by

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in an early campus Brutalist style, and it is joined to Walker Hall by a breezeway. It seats 680 and was used as a lecture hall for the University College (predecessor to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). In 1970, it was renamed for William G. Carleton, longtime professor of history and social sciences known for the colorful presentation of his freshman "American Institutions" lectures. In 2008 Carleton Auditorium became a contributing property in the

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which was added to the

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on April 20, 1989.

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