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| title: | Wildermuth Fieldhouse |
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| image number: | P0026774 |
| description: | Some facts about the fieldhouse: - Construction began on February 24, 1928. - The first basketball game played here was on December 8, 1928 vs. Washington of Missouri. IU lost the game 31-30. - The Indiana University basketball coach at this time was Everett Dean. The Athletic Director was Zora G. Clevenger, and the IU President was William Lowe Bryan. - The fieldhouse was dedicated on December 13, 1928 with a basketball game vs. Pennsylvania which IU won 34-26. - The last basketball game played was on February 29, 1960. - The Fieldhouse was renamed the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center on April 25, 1970. - The architect was Robert Frost Daggett of Indianapolis. - The General Contractor was Charles A. Pike of Bloomington. - The First National Bank of Bloomington, and the Fletcher American National Bank of Indianapolis arranged the financing. - Bloomington Limestone Company supplied the Ashtone limestone which was an exclusive product of that company. - The Bedford Machine and Foundry Company furnished the steel. - The basketball floor and bleachers were supplied by the American Portable House Corporation of Seattle, Washington. - The electric scoreboard was installed by John H. Davis of Salem, Indiana. - Fred W. Fenneman of Bloomington installed the plumbing and heating equipment. - The Bloomington Radiator and Sheet Metal Works supplied the roofing, ornamental and sheet metal copper work, and ventilation. - Used in the construction were: approximately 13,000 cubic feet of limestone; 200,000 face brick, and 670 tons of steel. - Cost of construction was $300,000. One of the first uses for the new structure, if not the first use, was a practice facility for the football team. At this time the fieldhouse had a dirt floor and the basketball court was portable and only installed during the basketball season. Other users included the track and tennis teams |
| date taken: | 1929 |
| photographer studio: | Chas. Gilbert Shaw, Bloomington, Ind. ? |
| donor image number: | J-86-1 |
| copyright owner: | Chas. Gilbert Shaw, Bloomington, Ind. ? |
| building name: | Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, School of (HPER) |
| building name: | Wildermuth Intramural Center, Ora L. |
| topic: | Gymnasiums |
| topic: | Construction |
| topic: | Exterior |
| topic: | Fieldhouses |
| city: | Bloomington |
| state: | Indiana |
| series: | Buildings & Grounds |
| subseries: | Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, School of |
| folder: | Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center |
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