State Gymnasium

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = State Gymnasium
nickname = |

location = Union Drive
Ames, IA 50011
broke_ground = May 22, 1911
opened = Spring, 1913
closed =
demolished =
owner = Iowa State University
operator = Iowa State University
surface =
construction_cost = $150,000
architect = Proudfoot, Bird & Lawson
former_names =
tenants = Iowa State University
(recreational sports)
seating_capacity = N/A

State Gymnasium is an arena on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. It was opened in 1913, and once was the school's primary indoor athletic facility, before the opening of Hilton Coliseum. It is located at the corner of Union Drive, just north of the site of the former Clyde Williams Stadium.

The brick building was built in two years at a cost of $150,000. It was intended for use as an armory and fieldhouse, something for which the school had been attempting to get funding since the early 1890s. The Iowa State basketball team played in the arena from 1913 until 1946. Beginning in 1946, home games were held in the Armory, which continued until the construction of Hilton Coliseum in 1971. State Gym has since been renovated into recreational facilities, including four basketball courts, a swimming pool (the original home of the swimming team), tennis courts, a 1/12 mile indoor track, and other facilities for recreational sports.

References

* [http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/campus/ISU%20Campus%20and%20Its%20Buildings%20-%20South%20Hall%20-%20Workshop.pdf Iowa State Buildings by H. Summerfield Day, courtesy ISU Library]