IN-DEPTH
Campus
Forgotten spaces BY BRITTANY SEEMUTH
At one time, Mount Mary University’s nearly 100-year-old campus had a fully functioning swimming pool, a theater with seating for 750 people and a basement gym. Read on to discover these relatively unknown facilities on campus.
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An original feature of the Mount Mary campus, the Caroline Hall gym was completed in 1929. The gym is no longer in use for Mount Mary athletics, but is still used occasionally for some classes and winter softball training. The Bloechl Center, built in 2006, is now the primary facility for Mount Mary athletics. Did you know that the Progaming Resource Center in Caroline Hall used to house bird’s-eye seating for the gym? Top left: volleyball, 1957 Bottom left: gym class, circa 1930 Top right: volleyball, October 2013 ALL PAST PHOTOS PROVIDED BY MOUNT MARY ARCHIVES PRESENT DAY PHOTO BY DENISE SEYFER
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