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• 1 2025-10-22T13:40:18+00:00 Adelbert Gym, 1919 5 Adelbert Gym, 1919 plain 2025-11-25T13:12:54+00:00

  Location

  southwest side of Adelbert Road, facing east 
  
  Description
  Interior 90x175 feet, with walls of gray pressed brick; attached by hallway, on southwest part of building, to Adelbert Gym, 1888 and south part of building to Davis Building

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Other Names
  Armory (Adelbert College)       

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  Constructed
  1918-1919
  
  Architect
  Charles Hopkinson
  
  General Contractor
  Crowell-Lundoff-Little Co.

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  Cost   
  $175,000-$225,217.20 for construction of Adelbert Gym, 1919 and remodeling of Adelbert Gym, 1888
  
  Financing
  Gift of $40,000 from Samuel Mather; Gift of $10,000 from Jeptha Homer Wade; Gift of $10,000 from E.W. Oglebay; gifts of various amounts from various donors

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  Occupants
  1919-1949+: Adelbert Physical Education Dept. and WRU Intercollegiate Athletics
  
  Uses
  1919-1949+: Athletics and recreation

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  Ceremonies
  Dedication: 6/19/1919
  
  Trivia
  Third WRU gym
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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• 1 2025-11-11T19:45:35+00:00 Mather Athletic Field, 1927 4 Mather Athletic Field, 1927 plain 2025-11-11T20:10:27+00:00

  Location

  southeast corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower Road
  
  Description
  1927: athletic field 1947: 2 double tennis courts and one single court, 240x195 feet with 10 foot wire fence enclosure

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Other Names
  1932-1948: Mather Athletic Field

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  Constructed
  1927
  
  Architect
  1927: M. S. Douglass

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  Cost
  1927: $5,967.62

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  Occupants
  1927-1949+: Mather College
  
  Uses
  1927-1949+: Athletics, recreation and parking

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  Trivia
  First Mather College athletic field

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1927-1928: Unspecified alterations
  
  Cost

  $2,500

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1947: Constructed 5 tennis courts and fence
  
  Architect
  The F. A. Pease Engineering Co.
  
  General Contractor
  Cuyahoga Asphalt and Paving Co.
  
  Cost
  $36,000 or $31,229
  
  Financing
  Operating funds

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1948: Moved everything but hockey field to northeast corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower Road for addition to Severance Hall parking lot
  
  General Contractor
  Cuyahoga Asphalt and Paving Co.
  
  Cost
  $13,193 estimated
  
  Financing
  Gift of $13,193 estimated from Musical Arts Associatio
  
  Donors
  Musical Arts Association
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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