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Halsey Gymnasium, Calvin Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1915 and 1920

Halsey Gymnasium, Calvin Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1915 and 1920

Title

Halsey Gymnasium, Calvin Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1915 and 1920

Description

View looking north from Pentacrest.

Creator

Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984

Publisher

University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives

Date

1915/1920
2006-07-07

Rights

Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.

Relation

Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
Frederick W. Kent Collection of Photographs, 1866-2000
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?RG30.0001.01
Prints
Scenes; University of Iowa campus
East campus scenes
East campus scenes
Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 300 ppi. Master image saved in TIFF format.
The location of Calvin Hall was originally across the street on the Pentacrest where McBride Hall now stands. The location of Calvin Hall was originally across the street on the Pentacrest where McBride Hall now stands. It was moved in 1905 to its present location to make way for the developing Pentacrest, after the university debated whether to demolish the (then) 20 year-old building. I'm glad they decided to save it - the building weighs 6000 tons and was moved using "an elaborate series of six-inch rollers, jacks, and turning jackscrews" - see link below. The move lasted from April until August, 1905, while moving a few inches per day. Meanwhile, normal use of the building took place throughout the move.

A side-note, as a student in the early-to-late '80's; I spent many hours standing in line along the west and south side of Calvin Hall waiting to sign up for classes for the following semester
http://spectator.uiowa.edu/2010/february/oldgold.html

Format

12
17

Type

Still image
Photographs
jpeg

Identifier

RG30.0001.01
0035
1 EastCampus035.jpg
168413524
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/