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Architect—E. E. Gandolfo.
Builder—C. D. Kinney.
ANOTHER BUILDER'S WORK.
Whe University’s Physical Training
School—A Unique Society Home.
The new Gymnasium is one of the
most notable of Yale’s many fine
structures. It was built by C. D. Kinney
of New Haven, a firm whose name
is a guarantee of first class workman-
ship. The plans for this building were
made by E. E. Gandolfo of New York.
It is located on the north side of Elm
street, midway between High and York
streets, and was completed in the sum-
mer of 1892. Its construction was due
to the untiring efforts of a graduate
committee, at whose head was Professor
Richards, and who collected the funds
and had the entire work in hand. More
than seven hundred people contributed
toward its erection, both graduates and
undergraduates, and the amount raised
was nearly two hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars. Ground was broken for
its foundation in 1890, and in January,
1895 it was formally presented to and
The
material is yellow brick of a special size,
accepted by the University.
and there is a great deal of decorative
work in terra cotta on the Elm street
side. The entrance is through two
heavy iron gates, flanked by great lamps.
The main doors lead into a hall of white
plaster and marble, out of which a wide
marble staircase extends to the floors
above.
The building consists of three floors
and a basement. In the basement have
been placed two regulation bowling
alleys, and twelve marble baths. In
another part is a baseball room, anda
large laundry and engine room. On the
first floor is the Turkish bath room, and
the swimming pool, which is lined with
white brick on the sides and bottom,
topped with marble floor and_ nickel
railing. There are two athletic rooms
with shower baths attached, adjacent
to which are the two rowing tanks that
On
the second floor are the offices of the
are used by the crews in practice.
directors, the anthro-pometric room, the
handball court, and two rooms for the
use of the fencing and athletic clubs.
Here are one thousand lockers, each of
which is fitted with a combination lock.
The trophy room is one of the greatest
objects of interest in the gymnasium.
It stands immediately at the head of
the marble staircase. In the centre isa
large oak table, holding the box of
Heaton Testimonials, and On the sides
are cases containing the baseballs, foot-
balls and other trophies of victory, in-
cluding many beautiful cups, while the
banners and flags that Yale has won are
draped about the walls and hang from
the ceiling. On the walls and ceiling of
this room is some very beautiful decora-
tive plaster work. On the third story
is the exercising floor which covers an
area of 10,000 square feet and which is
supplied with all the necessary equip-
ments for a first class gymnasium. The
running track extends around the side,
_ being elevated about fifteen feet, and
reached by a stairway from the main
Above and a few feet back of
this is a gallery which will accommo-
floor.
date several hundred spectators. The
gymnasium is easily the first college
gymnasium of the country.
The Gymnasium Committee was:
Messrs. Arthur M. Dodge, George A.
Adee, William L. McLane, William W.
Farnam, Henry E. Howland, Frank
Jenkins and William C. Gulliver, and
Professors Eugene L, Richards and
William K. Townsend.
York Hall.
A very complete description of York
Hall, the home of the Scientific Society
of Chi Phi, was given in the Commence-
WE KRLY
An
idea of the effectiveness of the structure,
ment issue of the Weekly of 1896.
which this society is now erecting on
the southeast corner of College and
Wall streets, could be obtained by the
preliminary sketch of the Commence-
ment number referred to. It isa dis-
tinct and quite unique addition to the
architecture of new Yale and takes its
place well among the very handsome
buildings of its order in the Scientific
School.
Mr. Grosvenor Atterbury, Yale Aca-
demic Class of ‘91, was the architect
and the builder is C. D. Kinney, who
put up the new Yale Gymnasium, and
by that act alone established an excellent
reputation among Yale men.
The material of the building is salmon
yellow pressed brick, and the orna-
mented portions consist of the cornice
and two center panels and the balconies
on the two peaks, where the decoration
of the building is concentrated. These
are richly modeled in terra cotta of a
slightly different shade.
the building is based on the Venetian
The style of
Gothicand its outline and wallsurfaces,
with the exception of the portions in
terra-cotta just mentioned, are extreme-
ly simple, forming a frame and back-
ground for these panels, to which all
the exterior ornament of the building
is to be confined.
In the basement are a billiard room
providing ladies’ or gentlemen’s coat
room in case of teas or social entertain-
ments. The main entrance door opens
directly from the vestibule into a great
Directly opposite
is a large fire-place, on either side of
living room and hall.
which are wide staircases.
On the right is a library which has its
principal outlook on College street.
Here another big fire-place, with fianking
columns, recesses, low windows, seats
and tables, is placed in the center of the
Wall street side, while at the opposite
end is a study or writing room with
closets for old magazines and books.
The arrangement of upper floosr allows
thirty bed-rooms as the total capacity,
of which number more or less may be
used as private studies in connecting
suites as occasion demands.
Other Works,
The illustrations of this page do not
comprise all the work of Mr. Kinney in
Yale buildings. He has had of late
years the erection of one Junior Society
house and the complete remodelling of
another. The building of the Yale
chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity was en-
trusted to him. This is located on York
street between Wall and Chapel. It is
of a single story and built strictly after
the manner of secret society construc-
tion. A modest but effective front of
yellow pressed brick, with an attractive
arched doorway, is the single feature of
the building which is visible to the gen-
eral public. :
YORK
HALL...
Architect—Grosvenor Atterbury.
Builder—C. D. Kinney.
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with adjoining toilet room, and a store
room for bicycles, reached by an inclined
plane running down near the front
entrance. The rest of the basement is
entirely cut off and devoted to the ser-
vice of the building. It includes the
janitor’s room, kitchen, two servants’
rooms, storeroom, servants’ baths, trunk
rooms, furnace room with coal shutes
and bins, and a small lift which runs to
the fourth story for properly serving
the top floors with coal, wood or meals.
The entrance floor is entered on the
center of the Wall street facade. Aside
entrance opening from the center of the
Wall street facade leads into the recep-
tion room for visitors, who are not mem-
bers of the Society, at the same time
It was the Phi chapter of Delta Kappa
Epsilon which took a very prominent
part in what is known as the Junior So-
ciety renaissance at Yale. About a
year ago the very simple structure, not
to use any severer term, on York street.
between Elm and Library, was so com-
pletely remodelled as to give the build-
ing an entirely changed appearance as
well as to make it much more service-
able within. Mr. Stowe Phelps of the
Yale Class of ’90 designed the strnc-
ture, a cut of which has already ap-
peared in the columns of the WEEKLY.
The novel structure is already a familiar
sight to those who have come to New
Haven in the last twelve months.
About $10,000 was spent in the remodel-
ling of the building, and both from ap-
pearance and report it seems to have
been successfully invested.
