Marvel Gymnasium
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Former names | Brown Gymnasium, 1927-38 |
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Location | Elmgrove Ave Providence, RI 02906 |
Owner | Brown University |
Operator | Brown University |
Capacity | 3,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1927 |
Opened | December 16, 1927 |
Closed | 1989 |
Demolished | 2002 |
Architect | Clarke & Howe |
Tenants | |
Brown University Bears (Basketball, squash, wrestling & fencing) |
Marvel Gymnasium was a 3,000-seat multipurpose gymnasium in Providence, Rhode Island. It was home to the Brown University Bears basketball team as well as other teams. The gymnasium included a basketball court and seating, a second-floor running track, squash and handball courts, a wrestling room, a boxing room, and a fencing room.
Description
The building was located at Aldrich Field, located on Elmgrove Avenue across from
On October 7, 1938, the building was rededicated to the memory of Frederick W. "Doc" Marvel, class of 1896, a longtime athletic director. The building was in use until 1989, when the Pizzitola Sports Center opened at the Brown Athletic Conference. It was then closed and stood dormant until 2002, when it was demolished, well past its usefulness and becoming dangerously dilapidated. There are now practice fields on the site. The building's cupola, mounted above a replica of the Aldrich Field clock, is now part of Brown's Nelson Fitness Center, which opened in May 2012.[1]
References
External links
- "Mavel Gymnasium" entry in Encyclopedia Brunoniana
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