Below we compare the original postcard images with photographs we took of their present-day locations
Demolished buildings
Williams Hall (1880-1960)
- Multipurpose science hall
- Location 2025: directly in front of Leighton Hall (1920-present)
Gridley Hall (1882-1967)
- Girls’ dormitory
- Location overtook by Music and Drama Center (1971-2022)
- Location 2025: in front of the parking lot behind Norse Hall
Renovated buildings
Sayles Hill-Gymnasium (1910-1979)
- Carleton’s first recreational center
- Converted to student center and café in 1979
- Location 2025: Sayles Campus Center
Northfield Public High School (1910-1966)
- Converted to middle school in 1966, and later to Carleton’s creativity center on campus in 2011
- Location 2025: Weitz Center for Creativity
Structurally Consistent Buildings
West Hall (1916-present)
- Boys’ dormitory and dining hall
- Became a co-educational residence hall in 1970
- Connectors built to Severance Hall in 1928 and Davis in 2011
- Location 2025: Burton Hall
Leighton Hall of Chemistry (1920-present)
- Over time its academic departments shifted from chemistry and geology to the humanities
- Location 2025: Leighton Hall
Laird Stadium (1927-present)
- Track and field, football stadium
- Underwent reconstruction after 2010 flood
- Location 2025: Laird Stadium
