- City:
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Ashton and Evans
- Contractor:
- George A. Whitmeyer & Sons
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The old fieldhouse, built in 1939, was home to the University of Utah basketball team for thirty years. It was built with a combination of bonded debt by the university and Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
It appears to be used for intermural athletics today.
Source notes
https://students.arch.utah.edu/hba/htmlfiles/bldg029.html https://www.sltrib.com/home/4058691-155/whatever-happened-to-einar-nielsenSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 27, 2016.
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Site Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| $81,818.00 | $175,000.00 | $256,818.00 |
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Parker Sackewitz
The building was formerly conjoined with Rice Football stadium via a roof with additional bleachers at the north end zone and a tunnel where South Campus Drive went between the two structures. The tunnel was removed when the stadium was demolished in 1997-98 and Rice Eccles Stadium was built in its place. South Campus Drive along with a light rail line now runs in open space between the field house and the stadium.
It also is undergoing a major interior renovation as of 2022.