Road leading up Pratt Field

Item Information

Title:
Road leading up Pratt Field
Description:
This photograph, taken from a far, shows the entrance to International YMCA Training School's (now Springfield College) Pratt Field. Old Hickory road that used to run through the center of campus and sidewalks on both sides of the road are shown. They lead straight to the gate and entrance way with the field being visible at the end. Trees are also surrounding the road and walkways, and there is a group of three students walking along one of the sidwalks away from the field. Through the treees on the left, the old student union or Doggett's House, can be seen. Pratt Field was a gift of Mr. Herbert L. Pratt. It consisted, originally, of a quarter-mile track, 220 yard straightaway twenty-four feet wide, eleven runaways and pits for jumping and vaulting, seven tennis courts, a football field, and a baseball diamond. An eight-foot high reinforced concrete fence surrounds the field. The entrances were designed by Edward Lippincourt Tilton, who also designed Springfield's Judd Gymnasium and the Marsh Memorial Building. Part of Pratt field is still used today for track and field, however the name was changed to Blake Field.
Creator:
Dorothy Jarvis Studio
Date:
[1910?–1959?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association College
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Athletic fields
Pratt Field
Springfield College--campus
Doggett's House
Springfield (Mass.)
Roads
Gates
Walls
Athletic Fields
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/10556
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Identifier:
rg110-04-b-02-06-015