Gymnasium North Carolina State College
Thompson Theatre, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Gymnasium North Carolina State College
- Topics:
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Campus and Town
- Subjects:
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Gymnasiums
- Original Format:
-
Illustration
Postcard, color
- Extent:
- 3 x 5 inches
- Item identifier:
- 0019142
- Created Date:
- Created Date:
- Description:
- Illustrated Postcard| Transcribed from Postcard: "Erected 1924. Cost $225,000. Contains main gymnasium 110x130 feet, auxiliary gymnasium. Locker rooms equipped with more than 1,000 steel lockers, band practice room, and armory, offices for the Physical Education and Coaching Staffs, and a tiled swimming Pool."| Derived from Postcard: Postcard addressed to Miss Mary Vivian Haines
- Names:
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North Carolina State University -- Buildings
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- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Postcards, 1900-1996 (UA023.035) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright and permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Building: North Carolina State University, Frank Thompson Theatre -- Thompson Gymnasium (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- Jenson Dr.
- Community:
- NC State University
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27606
- Historical note:
- In 1963 after renovations, the Thompson Gymnasium emerged as the Thompson Theater. Originally, the gymnasium was intended to establish a routine physical fitness schedule for students, since military drills were no longer required after World War I. Thompson Gymnasium became the first indoor athletic facility complete with two gyms, an indoor swimming pool, and an elevated indoor track. It also became the center for intercollegiate games. However, when Reynolds Coliseum took over the role of basketball facility, it left the classic building, with its urns and other ornamental architecture, open for the dramatic arts.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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College buildings
Historic buildings
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.7827, -78.666901
