Painting of Judd Gymnasium in Winter (c. 1976)

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Title:
Painting of Judd Gymnasium in Winter (c. 1976)
Description:
Richard Stevens painted this watercolor of Springfield College’s Judd Gymnasium in 1976. The painting shows the building during winter. It is believed to have been painted in 1976 and is part of a series of four paintings of Springfield College buildings, including: Alumni Hall in the Summer, the Memorial Field House in the Fall, and Babson Library in the Spring. To see the other paintings in this series see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/7967, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/7968, http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/7966. 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 new gymnasium, completed in February of 1912, was designed by architect Edward Lippincott Tilton and known as West Gymnasium. Through the years it has undergone several name changes. The gymnasium was known as west gymnasium until 1953, when the trustees voted that it be named “The Judd Gymnasium”. In 1998 the Gymnasium was renamed the Ruth Evans Gymnasium and in 2010, the Gymnasium received its current name as the Student Union West. The McCurdy Natatorium, a gift of Standard Oil President Herbert Pratt, who requested the pool be named after physical education department head Dr. McCurdy, was completed in April 1913. It was closed on March 18, 1968 and the swimming pool was replaced by Linkletter Natatorium. 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. For biographical information on Frank Wolcott, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/54. The painting was donated by Coach Frank Wolcott;
Creator:
Stevens, Richard
Date:
1976
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Buildings
Judd Gymnasia
Springfield (Mass.)
Gymnasiums
Snow
Winter
Watercolors
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/7969
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Identifier:
ms514-04-a-10-15-004