Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University (Additional Documentation)
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Old Gym is one of the surviving Victorian buildings that characterized the early style of the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The Old Gym was originally a gymnasium, later served as the Fine Arts Building, and currently houses the university's admissions office. The gymnasium was completed in 1880 and featured an indoor running track and considerable gymnastic equipment. At the time, it was one of the best equipped gymnasiums in the southern United States. The exterior of the building remains fairly untouched while the interior space has been modified through the years and uses of the building. The Old Gym is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building consisted of a foundation of Tennessee limestone with a structure of wooden trusses and walls of natural finished red brick. The Mansard roof was covered with slate shingles. Some of the original gymnastic equipment included a leaping rig, a vaulting board, rowing machine, parallel bars, trapeze ropes, Indian clubs, dumb bells and a walnut chest expander. In 1962 the Old Gym was renovated and made into the Fine Arts Building by Warfield and Associates. The remodeling project included the removal of the second-floor running track and the addition of heating and cooling throughout the building.
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When was Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?
Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
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Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University (Additional Documentation) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University (Additional Documentation) is recorded as the industrial era.
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