Memorial Gymnasium (University of Idaho)

Memorial Gymnasium
	"Mem Gym"
Full name	War Memorial Gymnasium
Location	1001 University Ave.; University of Idaho; Moscow, Idaho, U.S.
Owner	University of Idaho
Operator	University of Idaho
Capacity	2,500
Surface	hardwood
Construction
Broke ground	1927 (summer)
Built	1927–28
Opened	1928 (November),; 95 years ago
Renovated	1954
Expanded	1951–52
Construction cost	$616,767 - (original)
Architect	David C. Lange; Theodore Pritchard - ass't
Structural engineer	A.T. Schenck
General contractor	Victor N. Jones & Assoc. - Boise
Tenants
	Idaho Vandals volleyball

	Memorial Gymnasium
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Gym's west face
Location	1001 University Ave.; University of Idaho; Moscow, Idaho; United States
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Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1927–28
Architect	David C. Lange; T. Pritchard - ass't
Architectural style	Tudor-Gothic; heavily buttressed
NRHP Reference #	77000466
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1977

War Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Opened in November 1928,^[6] the venue honors state residents who gave their lives in the service of their country in World War I.^[4]^[7] The architectural style is Tudor-Gothic and is heavily buttressed; the chief architect was David C. Lange,^[2]^[3] the head of the university's architecture department. The west end addition was built from 1951–52,^[5] and the building was renovated in 1954.^[8] Ivy partially covers the brick and concrete exterior, which is decorated with crouching football player gargoyles and stained glass windows.^[9]

Memorial Gymnasium was the primary home of Vandal basketball until January 1976, replaced by the newly enclosed Kibbie Dome; the Dome's basketball configuration was renamed "Cowan Spectrum" in early 2001. Currently the "Mem Gym" is the home court of Vandal women's volleyball, and occasionally hosts early season basketball games, depending upon the late season football schedule. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Idaho had a nationally prominent boxing team; 5,200 attended a dual meet against neighbor Washington State in 1950.^[10] It was dropped as an intercollegiate sport in 1954.^[11]^[12]

The facility is used extensively for physical education classes, intramurals, and open recreation. Commencement ceremonies for the university were traditionally held in the venue from 1929^[13] through 1975. Since 1976, the Kibbie Dome has hosted the primary ceremony for all graduates, and the Mem Gym is one of several venues used for individual college ceremonies for the awarding of diplomas.

At just 49 years of age, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The narrow swimming pool in the basement of the Mem Gym was retired in 1970, when the new swim center opened. Through the 1981 football season (and 1982 basketball season), there were no locker rooms at the Kibbie Dome and the Vandals and visiting teams dressed in the Memorial Gym.

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External links

Go Vandals.com - Facilities: Memorial Gymnasium
University of Idaho - University Support Services: Memorial Gymnasium
University of Idaho Library - photos - Memorial Gymnasium
Photo of Memorial Gymnasium - north side exterior - c. 1930s
Photo of Memorial Gymnasium - from northeast - c. 1950s - (Neale Stadium in background)
Vandal Boxing - 1949 - 4,200 in Mem Gym
Gem of the Mountains, 1929 – original indoor view, from SE corner

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