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• 1 2025-10-22T13:40:18+00:00 Adelbert Gym, 1919 4 Adelbert Gym, 1919 plain 2025-10-23T19:54:21+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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