East Gymnasium "YMCA Training School" Gable

Item Information

Title:
East Gymnasium "YMCA Training School" Gable
Description:
An image of the Springfield College's east gymnasium gable, which is embellished with the words "YMCA Training School" as well as some decorative leaves and flowers.
Date:
[1950?–2000?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Judd Gymnasia Records
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Judd Gymnasia
Springfield College
Springfield College--Buildings
Springfield (Mass.)
Gymnasiums
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/942
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:
Springfield College at that time was known as the International YMCA Training School. It was not until 1954 that the school was known officially as Springfield College. 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. 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.
The exact date of this photograph is not known, but the print that this photograph is clearly after 1950; Series were added to this collection, changing the file name. File names of the uploaded files contain the old name;
Identifier:
rg127-01-02-06-001
judd-ymca-training-school-corner-stonework
rg127-02-06-001