Women's Gymnasium and School of Journalism
Plans Announced by Board of Trustees: January, 1890
Construction Began: Spring, 1891
Construction Completed: December, 1891
First Classes Held: January, 1892
Occupied by the School of Journalism: September, 1953
Demolished: June, 1965
Architect: Professor A. B. Clark (School of Fine Arts)
Cost: $25 000 00
Materials: red brick and sandstone trimmings
Notes:
The building was erected to house the Men's and Women's Athletic Departments and the Students' Christian Association.
A subscription of $10,000 was raised and Professor Arthur B. Clark of the School of Fine Arts was engaged as architect. The building was constructed where Hendricks Chapel is now located. It was called the Gymnasium and YMCA Building, and had separate sections for women and men students. The basement contained locker rooms, baths and a swimming pool; the first floor contained the gymnasium floor, while the second floor had a "running gallery." In 1909 when Archbold Gymnasium was built the men moved out and the building was called the "Women's Gymnasium" or the "Old Gym." When construction started on Hendricks Chapel in 1929, the building was moved between Steele Hall and Archbold Stadium. In 1953 when the State demolished Yates Castle, the School of Journalism moved into the building, and the women's physical education department moved to the nearly completed Women's Building.
The building was demolished in June 1965 to make way for the new Physics Building.
