It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was a part of the campus until it was demolished in 2012.

[1] The buildings is significant as one of only two historic women's dormitories in Utah, and as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

It was built after a "three-decade long struggle to have a women's dormitory constructed" at the University of Utah, initiated by Lucy M. Van Cott, Dean of Women at the university for 25 years.

In Summer 2012, Carlson Hall was demolished to make way for a new expanded home for the College of Law.

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