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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. This image appears on page 83 of the 1929 Arbutus yearbook. |
| 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. |
| building name: | Garrett Fieldhouse, William Leon "Bill" |
| 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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