Memorial Gymnasium, War memorial arena on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho, USA
Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat arena on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho. Its Tudor-Gothic brick and concrete exterior is heavily buttressed and partly covered by ivy, with stained glass windows and gargoyles carved as crouching football players. The west end addition dates from 1951–52.
War Memorial Gymnasium opened in November 1928, honoring Idaho residents who died serving the country in World War I. Its predecessor, a 1904 gymnasium and armory directly east, survives on campus as Art and Architecture South. The west end addition was built in 1951–52 and the building was renovated in 1954. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, at just 49 years of age.
The building's name honors Idaho residents who died in World War I. Its brick and concrete exterior carries crouching football player gargoyles and stained glass windows, and ivy partly covers the walls. Since 1999 the gym has been the home court of Vandal women's volleyball, played on a portable Taraflex surface.
The gym sits on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho, at about 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level. Vandal women's volleyball plays its home matches here on a portable Taraflex court installed in 1999, and the building is also used for physical education classes, intramurals and open recreation. The narrow basement swimming pool was retired in 1970.
The narrow swimming pool in the basement was retired in 1970 when the new swim center opened. For seven years the Kibbie Dome had no locker rooms, so both the Vandals and visiting teams kept dressing in the Memorial Gym until the East End Addition was completed in the fall of 1982.
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