Judd Gymnasia (1928)

A photograph of Judd Gymnasia from Alden street. The photograph is taken from the west side and shows most of West Gymnasium and the front of the building. It is in wintertime and there is snow on the ground around the building. The photograph is part of a series of eight photographs taken in 1928. At the bottom of the photograph is written "Entering the campus - Gymnasium Building in the Foreground. 1928"Judd Gymnasia was the first building erected on the new land purchased for the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, along Massasoit Lake in Springfield, Massachusetts. Morrissey and Shea’s Corporation completed construction on the building in September of 1894 and it was formally opened on October 26, 1894. The original gymnasium, known today as East Gymnasium, was where James Naismith taught classes and coached the school’s basketball team; however, it is not the gymnasium where basketball was invented. In 1910, trustees authorized the addition of a second gymnasium and swimming pool.This photograph is part of a series of photographs found in the Charles F. Weckwerth papers. It is not known who took the photographs.