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the University Gymnasium, this building opened in 1919, designed according
to the plans of architect William
A. Edwards. Construction was funded in part by the city of Gainesville,
eager to complete the structure to accommodate the New York Giants who
had been invited by President Murphree to hold spring training at UF.
Florida Pool, designed by campus architect Rudolph Weaver, was built
behind the gym in the 1930s. The gym was renamed Women's Gymnasium
when UF went co-ed in 1947.
Women's
Gymnasium was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
This structure is a part of the University of Florida Campus Historic
District, a collection of buildings added to the National Register as an
historic district in 1989.
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