Nutting House

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Nutting House was built in 1889 for John C. Nutting, who was then president of the First National Bank of Northfield. Before the construction of the first dormitory for men (Burton in 1915), the Nuttings rented rooms in the house to male Carleton students.

The house and its furnishings were donated to Carleton in April of 1970 by Helen Nutting '40 and Ruth Nutting '42, as a residence for the college's president at the time, Howard R. Swearer. According to Eric Hillemann, college archivist, the house was given to Carleton "as a Memorial to John Claudius Nutting, Elizabeth Adams Nutting and Laura Morse Nutting."

In spite of the family's history of boarding students, the Nutting sisters stated in 1970, their "hopes and expectations that this house will be used by the College for the residence of the President, desiring that it remain as residential property. We do hope it will not be used for other purposes, for instance, offices or dormitories." The house has been the college president's residence since then.