Notre Dame Fieldhouse

Notre Dame Old Fieldhouse
Notre Dame Old Fieldhouse
Year	1968
Type	Brick
Dimensions	84 inches x 84 inches x 84 inches
Location	University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
	41°25′38″N 86°08′29″W / 41.4273508°N 86.14128242°W
Owner	University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fieldhouse
	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Location within Indiana
Location	Notre Dame, IN
Coordinates	41°42′8.2764″N 86°14′2.16″W / 41.702299000°N 86.2339333°WCoordinates: 41°42′8.2764″N 86°14′2.16″W / 41.702299000°N 86.2339333°W
Owner	University of Notre Dame
Field size	180' x 100'
Construction
Opened	1898
Closed	1968
Demolished	1983

Notre Dame Fieldhouse was a 4,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Notre Dame, Indiana. It opened in 1898.^[1] and was torn down in 1968. A monument marks the site.

History[]

It was home to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team. It was replaced when the Edmund P. Joyce Center opened in 1968.^{[citation needed]} President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a special University convocation on December 9, 1935.

The fieldhouse in 1934

The original Notre Dame Fieldhouse was built in April 1898 under the University's president, Andrew Morrissey. However, in 1899 the Fieldhouse burned down. Father Morrissey quickly ordered that the Fieldhouse be rebuilt and made fireproof. The Fieldhouse was used as the home of Notre Dame Athletics for seventy years. Not only was the Fieldhouse used for basketball, but also football practice, pep rallies, track and field, the Bengal Bouts Tournament, June commencement and much more. However, The Fieldhouse was torn down in 1968 when the Edmund P. Joyce Center was built to replace it. Theodore Hesburgh, the president of the university decided that the space would be used as a quad to assist in the beautification of the campus. In the place of where the Notre Dame Fieldhouse used to be there is now the Clarke Memorial Fountain (a war memorial built in 1986) and the marker in the corner of the quad. Students at the University of Notre Dame affectionately refer to the quad as “Fieldhouse Mall.”

Marker[]

The building is represented by a historical marker which represents the Notre Dame Fieldhouse that stood on Fieldhouse Mall from 1898 until 1983. The Notre Dame Fieldhouse was a multi-purpose arena used for various athletics but mainly used for basketball. The marker consists of the remnants of the southwest corner from the original Fieldhouse. It is made up of the original bricks and the stone that states the year that the Notre Dame Fieldhouse was built (1898).

The marker stands at 84 inches x 84 inches x 84 inches. The bottom base is made out of limestone, the middle and main portion consists of original Notre Dame brick, and the top of the marker is concrete. The Notre Dame Old Fieldhouse has plaques that commemorate specific events that took place inside the original Fieldhouse. One plaque honors a convocation given by President Roosevelt in the Fieldhouse on December 9, 1935. It reads, "Site of NOTRE DAME FIELDHOUSE where varsity and intramural athletes shook down the thunder for seventy year 1898-1968. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT addresses a special University convocation in the Fieldhouse December 9, 1935. The building was razed in 1983." The other plaque pays tribute to the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival that originated in the Fieldhouse on April 11, 1959. It reads, "THE OLD FIELDHOUSE birthplace of THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME COLLEGIATE JAZZ FESTIVAL April 11, 1959. "The oldest, most prestigious and acclaimed event of its kind.""

Marker Acquisition[]

The monument was created when the Fieldhouse was torn down in 1983. The Southwest corner of the Fieldhouse was carefully preserved for this purpose while the building was being destroyed. Many of the other bricks that made up the rest of the fieldhouse were sold upon removal by the University. The Old Fieldhouse Marker is owned by The University of Notre Dame.

Condition[]

Many students at the University of Notre Dame have vandalized the Notre Dame Old Fieldhouse marker. The old bricks are in frail shape and students at the university have carved initials and small phrases into the brick. The University of Notre Dame has tried to combat vandalism of the marker but ultimately can’t protect it at all times. The university also does not want to replace the bricks themselves as that would ruin the purpose the marker serves.

References[]

1. Temple, Kerry. “Going, Going, Gone: Campus’ Lost Places.” The Notre Dame Magazine. N.p., Winter 2007. Web. Nov. 2016.
2. Walker, Kathy. “Notre Dame Fieldhouse.” Hmdb. N.p., 3 Oct. 2008. Web. Nov. 2016
3. Irish Legends. "Notre Dame Fieldhouse." Postcards from Notre Dame. N.p., 2001. Web. Nov. 2016.

^ Connelly & Dooley; Joel R. Connelly; Howard J. Dooley (1972). Hesburgh's Notre Dame: triumph in transition. University of Michigan: Hawthorne Books. p. 83.

External links[]

[Connelly&Dooley-1] Connelly & Dooley; Joel R. Connelly; Howard J. Dooley (1972). Hesburgh's Notre Dame: triumph in transition. University of Michigan: Hawthorne Books. p. 83.

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