East Gymnasium and Doggett's House

Item Information

Title:
East Gymnasium and Doggett's House
Description:
An image of Springfield College's east gymnasium thought to be taken in the 1950s. The photo features students walking down the pathway leading to the side entrance of Judd Gymnasia as well as the old Student Union, or Student Center, in the background.
Date:
[1950?–1965?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Judd Gymnasia Records
Subjects:
Doggett's House
Judd Gymnasia
Springfield College
Springfield College--Buildings
Springfield (Mass.)
Buildings
Sidewalks
Gymnasiums
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/916
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
The Student Center was originally the home of Luther Halsey Gulick, the father of physical education and recreation in the United States, and later became the home of Laurence Doggett, Springfield College's fourth president. After Doggett's retirement in 1936 the house was reconfigured to house the Student Center and in the early 1970s was removed to create a parking lot for the Babson Library. 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 entire building was renovated in 2010, with occupancy beginning in September of 2010. A formal Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to open Judd Gymnasia was held on October 13, 2010. Another ceremony was held on May 19, 2011 as a Dedication of the Stitzer YMCA Center that makes up a part of the facilities in the building, including the use of the East Gymnasium as a conference center for the YMCA and the Office of YMCA Relations and the YMCA Hall of Fame in the Springfield College History Museum.
Series were added to this collection, changing the file name. File names of the uploaded files contain the old name;
Identifier:
rg127-01-02-05-002
judd-east-in-winter
rg127-02-05-002