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Old Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University

  • Also Known As: Fine Arts Building also "Old Gym"
  • Address: West End and 23rd Aves
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1880/00/00 Peter J Williamson (architect) Architect The Gymnasium at Vanderbilt, completed in 1880, features an indoor running track and considerable gymnastic equipment.
1880/00/00 William Henry Vanderbilt Benefactor Patron William H Vanderbilt bestows a gift of $150,000 upon Vanderbilt University at Nashville. The Gymnasium is one of three buildings designed in the 1880s by P J Williamson that benefited from Vanderbilt's munificence.

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Particulars for Old Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Victorian



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 72001233
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Williamson,Peter J.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Victorian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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