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Columbus, Ohie 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County Delaware, Ohio 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes tx 17. Date(s) or Period No D 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction stone 8. Site Plan with North Arrow Architect or Engineer & light colored brick 32. Roof Type & Material Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment Present Use 35. Plan Shape rectangular 23. Ownership 36. Changes Private F Altered - 9. Coordinates Moved - 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure D Building XX Object D 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National G. R. Cryder 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes D 14.
District Visible from Hist. Dist.? No XX 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and A2. Further Description of Important Features The rectangular shaped building, 150 ft x 83 ft, has one projec- Smaller, plainer gable dormers are on the sides of the roof. The just above the door is carved "The John Edwards Gymnasium." The 43. History and Significance Yost of Columbus, Ohio (later of NYC) was selected to design the facility, having previous1 Located on the South end of the East (or main) campus of Ohio Weslevan Universitv. Con- 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) good restricted 1905-1906 none Register? Underway? Easting Front Gymnasium Long. Side brick Northing Lat. Zone Hip/red tile Eligible? (Explain Public Road?
Interior Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center Edwards Gymnasium/Pfeiffer Natatorium OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Frontage on Road located at the ends feature brick corbelling and stone pilasters. Ohio Wesleyan University OWU Transcript S. Sandusky Street Mr. J. W. Yost, Cols. & NY stone & cement ting bay at the north side of the building and two at the south OWU First Hundred Years 140' (Main campus, O.W.U.) in #42) OWU No W Feick (Sandusky, Ohio) offices, classroom, gym Addition D 242 5 6 23 00 Named for alumnus John Edwards, of Leipsic, Ohio, the funding originated with 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Off LeBijou By What? a gift from his wife and sons, with additional gifts from friends and alumni.
The Site (Sandusky, front entrance has elaborately carved circular stone pillars and side in which the stairways are built.Large ornate gable dormers Exterior excellent that time. athletic facilities at Ohio Wesleyan University that would be second to none in Ohio at The construction of Edwards Gymnasium in 1905-06 was a significant step in providing mained essentiallvunchanzed in the main.(A Natatorium with class rooms was attached to EDWARDS GYMNASIUM association with a prominent architect, for its contribution to up-to-date functional athletic facility by J. W. Yost, a collegiate and institutional architect, who also designed OWU's ball courts, a large gymnasium, and indoor track. A new began participating in basketball, track, swimming, and other significant for its association with Branch Rickey, a 1904 OWU Acreage: Less than one acre.
Edwards Gymnasium was the first significant athletic its association with Branch Rickey. construction signalled the new emphasis on organized physical Ohio Wesleyan University Thematic Nomination addition does not detract from the main gymnasium structure. the latest innovations, including an indoor swimming pool, hand athletic events, as well as structured physical education Constructed in 1905-06,Edwards Gymnasium was designed as an graduate who served as the first Director of Athletics in the new The building is significant for its architecture and frieze windows, round-arched windows on the first floor, and an building does feature a dominant red tile roof with dormers, the development of organized athletics at Ohio Wesleyan, and for OHI Continuation Sheet Edwards Gymnasium meets National Register Criteria A, B and figure in American baseball for more than 50 years.
facility to be built on the Ohio Wesleyan campus.Its natatorium addition was added to the south the building during the 1950s. Two stories and built of brick, the University Hall. Although spare in architectural detail, the classes in the new facility.Edwards Gymnasium is also education as a regular part of the school curriculum.Students 1906-09).Rickey went on to become a dominant stone, the remainder of pressed brick and the roof of red tile. As constructed, the Edwards Gynmasium was designed and arranged especially for the a 150 ft x 30 ft gymnasium floor. The third floor is a balcony circling the main floor providing an indoor running track. 43. designed University Hall. Mr. Feick & Son, of Sandusky, Ohio, was awarded the training grounds for, among others, the well known Branch Rickey (for whom the adja- cent field house is named).
built to the immediate east of the building, but not directly attached, in the 1970's). The Hest side of the building faces, or fronts on Sandusky Street while the main entrance faces the North, overlooking the traffic circle directly inside the main Hall, Slocum Hall and University Hall, and Edgar Hall on the North. Sandusky Street forms the boundary to the West. 44. the back, or south side of the building, in the 1950's. A field house complex was S80,0oo.This building provided the first significant athletic facility for the 42.building is solid and impressive in appearance.The first nine feet being of gray team rooms, locker rooms, a hospital room, etc. The second, or main floor provided college and has continued to provide such facilities over the years--the initial OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 Item number Ohio Wesleyan University Thematic Resources Delaware County, OHIO Nomination. Type oi Review 1. Austin Hall 2. Edwards Gynmasium/Pfeiffer National Register . 3. Ohio Wesleyan University 5. Shelby Field 5. Slocum Hall *. Stuyvesant Hall 3. University Hall-Gray's Natatorium Attest Keeper N tional Register of Historic Places State National Park Service Date/Signature Inventory-Nomination Form Thematic Group Continuation sheet Student Observatory Multiple Resource Area United States Department of the Interior 4.
Sanborn Hall Entered in the NPS Form 10-900-8 Page Reeper dnr-11 WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Edwards Gymnasium/Pfeiffer Natatorium (Ohio 6 1985 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - -appeal - sample LJrequest Reviewer's comments: Reviewer - _ see continuation sheet _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Present Use Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description -unaltered -original site -moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance