Scoville Memorial Library (Carleton College)

This article is about the historic library in Northfield, Minnesota. For the public library in Salisbury, Connecticut, see Scoville Library.

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. Until 2016 it housed several student support organizations and the Cinema and Media Studies department.^[2] The building underwent extensive renovations for restoration and accessibility and currently houses the Admissions and Financial Aid offices.^[3]

Scoville Memorial Library-Carleton College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Scoville Memorial Library from the southeast
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Location	1st St., E. and College St. Northfield, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°27′36″N 93°9′20″W
Built	1896
Architect	Patton & Fisher; D.H. Lord
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Rice County MRA
NRHP reference No.	82003030[1]
Added to NRHP	April 6, 1982

It was built in 1896 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982.^[1]

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, built 1887.^[4]