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Burton Hall, the original library building, is located on the main campus at the
University of Minnesota. Burton's exterior architecture was designed by L.S. Buffington,
and the interior architecture was designed by
C.S. Sedgwick in 1893 |
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THE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST LIBRARY
"Entering the University of Minnesota campus from the north through the Pillsbury
Gate, a visitor first catches a glimpse of Burton Hall through openings in the trees. Its
temple-like front brings to mind distant monuments of ancient Greece, connecting the
modern visitor to the intellectual world of Socrates, Plato and the ancient academies of
learning. Is this association with the classical past a coincidence? and does this
architectural reference still have meaning a century later? Part of the answer lies in the
story of how this building came to be built."
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