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Photographer
Gus R. Horvath
Date
1958
Description
This shows the foundation, equipment, and bare concrete arches that comprise the roof of Alumni Hall. The top towers of McAuliffe Hall are visible in the background. This view would now be blocked by the Leslie C. Quick Recreational Complex, completed in 1979. Back where the trees are in this photograph would now be Alumni House, constructed in 2000.
Notes
Alumni Hall is one of the earliest pre-stressed concrete structures of this kind ever attempted. Engineering magazines from the time noted that the eleven 160-foot pre-cast arches used in the building’s construction were a record-breaking span for pre-cast arch ribs used in the United States. Originally the gymnasium had a dividing wall separating it into two sections. On the floor of Alumni Hall is the Fairfield University seal. Renamed the Alumni Hall – Sports Arena in 1981, the gymnasium is the home of the women's Division I volleyball team and the Office of Sports Information. This is one of a series of 34 color slides depicting the construction of Alumni Hall from 1958-1959. The slides have been digitized in chronological order to show the progress of the construction over time, and have the identifiers SL002327 – SL002360 respectively. Image date is approximate.
Publisher
Fairfield University
Collection
Image Archive
Original Format
Slide; color; 2 x 2 in.
Digitization Date
2007
Repository
Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections
Copyright
© Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections. This resource may be used for educational or non-commercial purposes. Please direct any questions to digital@fairfield.edu.
Repository Citation
Gus R. Horvath. "Looking northeast from inside the skeleton arches of Alumni Hall." 1958. Image Archive. Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/image-archive/146.