University of Minnesota Armory

University of Minnesota Armory

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caption = University of Minnesota Armory
location= Minneapolis, Minnesota
area =
built =1896
architect= Charles Aldrich
architecture=
added = August 23, 1984
governing_body = State
refnum=84001463cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The University of Minnesota Armory is a building on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. The Armory was constructed in 1896 after the previous space for military training on the campus burnt in a fire in 1894."History and Philosophy of Reserver Officer Training." University of Minnesota ROTC Alumni Society. http://www.umnrotcalumnisociety.org/history.php] The facility served as the primary home for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team after its construction. [cite book | last = Hugunin | first = Marc | coauthors = Stew Thornley | title = Minnesota Hoops: Basketball in the North Star State | publisher = St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press | date = 2006 | pages = 6 | url = http://stewthornley.net/minnesotabasketball.pdf | isbn = 0873515749 ] The team moved to the Kenwood Armory in Downtown Minneapolis in 1925. [Hugunin and Thornley, pg. 50.] Fielding Yost, University of Michigan football coach, forgot the Little Brown Jug, one of the oldest college football traveling trophies, in the locker rooms of the Armory in 1903. The Armory was also the facility used for the University of Minnesota physical education department until 1935. ["History." University of Minnesota Air Force ROTC. http://www.afrotc.umn.edu/History/Armory.htm]

Currently, it is used as the classrooms and office space of the University's three ROTC units, and offices for the University's program for High School students, with the gymnasium being available for campus activities.

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