Edwards Gymnasium and Pfeiffer Natatorium

Edwards Gymnasium

Capacity	1,800
Surface	Recaflex track surface
Tenants
Wesleyan Battling Bishops (indoor track & field)

The Edwards Gymnasium and Pfeiffer Natatorium on the main campus of

The Pfeiffer Natatorium was the competition pool for OWU from 1954 to 2010.[4]

Basketball and volleyball competition, and other indoor sports, were moved to the 2,300 seat Branch Rickey Arena, built adjacent to Edwards Gymnasium, upon its completion in 1976.^[5]

The Edwards Gymnasium was then renovated to accommodate the Pfeiffer Natatorium, named for donor Annie Merner Pfeiffer.^[6]

It is 150 by 83 feet (46 m × 25 m) in plan. Built mainly of light-colored brick, it has a

The entrance has carved stone pillars.^[3]

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The complex was listed on the National Register as part of a 1984 study of historic resources on the OWU campus.^[7] All the OWU sites listed together on the National Register in 1985 are:

• Austin Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, W. Central Ave. and Elizabeth St.
• Edwards Gymnasium/Pfieffer Natatorium
  , Ohio Wesleyan University Main Campus, S. Sandusky St.
• Ohio Wesleyan University Student Observatory, Ohio Wesleyan University, W. William St.
• Sanborn Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, W. Campus
• Selby Field, Ohio Wesleyan University, Henry St.
• Slocum Hall, University Main Campus, Sandusky St.
• Stuyvesant Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, W. William St., and
• University Hall-Gray's Chapel, Ohio Wesleyan University, W. William St.^[1]

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See also

• List of Ohio Wesleyan University buildings
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Ohio

Notes