| Originally
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 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.
It 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.
The
Women's Gymnasium renovation and restoration began in 2004. In 2006, it
was rededicated as Kathryn Chicone Ustler Hall to house the Center for
Women's Studies and Gender Research.
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