Editing Babson College (section)

==Campus==

=== Pre-1950 ===
[[File:The original Babson Institute on Abbott Road in Wellesley, Massachusetts.png|thumb|left|The Babson Institute at Roger and Grace Babson's former home on Abbott Road]]
Roger Babson purchased farmland in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1921 to establish the permanent campus. This land became the foundation for the college’s growth and development. The campus has grown to over {{convert|350|acre|km2}} and is located in the "Babson Park" section of Wellesley, Massachusetts, fifteen miles west of [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.babson.edu/About/ |title=About Babson |work=babson.edu |date=June 15, 2006 |access-date=January 20, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101227181958/http://www3.babson.edu/About/| archive-date= December 27, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Babson began building its [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] with the construction of Babson Park Clubhouse (renamed Park Manor South) in 1925 and Park Manor Central in 1930. Babson built the Coleman Map Building in 1925 to house the "Great Relief Map."<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Babson |title=Babson College History |url=https://www.babson.edu/about/babson-at-a-glance/our-story/babson-college-history/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.babson.edu |language=en}}</ref> Built on a spherical surface to match the Earth’s curvature, the map measured 63 by 46 feet, covering 3,000 square feet.