National Park Seminary, Gymnasium, North of Linden Lane, south of Aloha House, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD
Summary
Significance: Housing the gymnasium in one of the campus' most prominent and ornate building illustrated the importance of athletics at the school. It was, perhaps, an attempt to relate the ancient world's celebration of sports and athletic prowess with NPS's own. The selection of a neoclassical design for the gym also reflected contemporary popular fashion.
Survey number: HABS MD-1109-S
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1907 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ament, James E
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Ott, Cynthia, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, project manager
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
Silver Spring (Md.), 38.99067, -77.02609
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html