West Gymnasium from Wilbraham Ave

Item Information

Title:
West Gymnasium from Wilbraham Ave
Description:
A photograph of Judd Gymnasia's west gymnasium (known as Judd Gym at the time the photograph was taken) taken in the winter from what was once a parking lot accessible by Wilbraham Ave. The parking lot no longer exists.
Date:
[1970?–1989?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Judd Gymnasia Records
Subjects:
Judd Gymnasia
Springfield College--Buildings
Springfield College
Springfield (Mass.)
Parking lots
Automobiles
Gymnasiums
Snow
Winter
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/949
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
Judd Gymnasia was the first building erected on the new land purchased for the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, along Massasoit Lake in Springfield, Massachusetts. Morrissey and Shea’s Corporation completed construction on the building in September of 1894 and it was formally opened on October 26, 1894. The original gymnasium, known today as East Gymnasium, was where James Naismith taught classes and coached the school’s basketball team however it is not the gymnasium where basketball was invented. In 1910, trustees authorized the addition of a second gymnasium and swimming pool. The new gymnasium, completed in February of 1912, was designed by architect Edward Lippincott Tilton and known as West Gymnasium. Through the years it has undergone several name changes. The gymnasium was known as west gymnasium until 1953, when the trustees voted that it be named “The Judd Gymnasium”. In 1998 the Gymnasium was renamed the Ruth Evans Gymnasium and in 2010, the Gymnasium received its current name as the Student Union West.
Series were added to this collection, changing the file name. File names of the uploaded files contain the old name;
Identifier:
rg127-01-02-07-004
rg127-02-07-004