Carleton Auditorium

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Carleton Auditorium
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Location Gainesville, Florida
Coordinates 29°38′57″N82°20′30″W / 29.64917°N 82.34167°W / 29.64917; -82.34167 Coordinates: 29°38′57″N82°20′30″W / 29.64917°N 82.34167°W / 29.64917; -82.34167
Built1954
Architect Guy Fulton
Architectural style campus Brutalist
Part of University of Florida Campus Historic District (ID89000322 [1] )

The William G. Carleton Auditorium, built in 1954, is a historic building on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. [2] Like several other buildings on campus, it was designed by architect Guy Fulton 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. [3]

In 2008 Carleton Auditorium became a contributing property in the University of Florida Campus Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1989. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  University of Florida Campus Historic District (#89000322)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. "William G. Carleton Auditorium". UF Named Facilities. University of Florida.
  3. McCarthy, Kevin M.; Laurie, Murray D. (1977). Guide to the University of Florida and Gainesville. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. p. 141.
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