48:
198:
outlined the problem: "Last year there were in the university five hundred thirty five young women.... There is an immediate need for a commodious and modern building, which will serve as a gymnasium and social center for the women of the
University." By 1907 a plan was finalized for the new
168:, and a notion was still around that if a person exerted energy on physical activities, less energy would be available for intellectual tasks. Beyond that, "physical activity for a woman was thought to be especially hazardous because during menstruation she was 'periodically weakened.'"
230:
covered in red tile. "When
Lathrop Hall was opened in 1910, it boasted four bowling alleys, a cafeteria, a laundry, a theater, a three-story gymnasium with running track, a swimming pool, dressing rooms equipped with lockers and showers, classrooms, and offices for the faculty and the
496:
175:
brought by German immigrants in the mid-1800s. Their thinking was that "strong bodies promoted well-balanced minds." Despite
Wisconsin's many German immigrants, the UW offered no formal physical education until 1890 when it established a department of Physical Training for Men.
194:'s opening in 1894, male students had a good phy-ed facility. Women asked to share it, but were refused. A gym wing was added to Ladies'/Chadbourne Hall in 1895, but it was soon inadequate. Already in 1902 University president
511:
183:, they were admitted to keep the university financially afloat. A Department of Physical Training for Women was established in 1899, nine years after that for men. It was first located in the women's dormitory
246:
the hall was used as a barracks for the
Student Army Training Corps. In 1917 Blanche Trilling founded the national Athletic Conference of American College Women from the building. In the 1920s
250:
started the first college dance curriculum in the U.S., and the UW offered the first dance major in the country in 1926. Also in this building, Ruth
Glassow did important work in the field of
506:
152:, significant because it is the site of founding of the Athletic Conference of American College Women in 1917, and the site of courses for the first dance major in the U.S. in 1926.
214:. Its footprint is a dumb-bell shape, with the center section four stories and each end-wing five stories. The exterior is clad in Madison sandstone blocks. The style is
501:
191:
75:
149:
34:
347:
141:
179:
There were no women students in the first years of the UW, but in 1864, when many of the male students had left for the
364:
443:
414:
215:
199:
building, which was envisioned as the second in a quadrangle of women's buildings after Ladies'/Chadbourne Hall.
160:
When the UW was founded in 1848 there were no phy-ed classes. Studies focused on geography, English grammar,
218:, dominated by large round-topped windows that span the third and fourth stories. At the top of the wall,
314:
247:
207:
195:
236:
203:
180:
145:
63:
325:
343:
392:
308:
281:
258:
161:
497:
University and college buildings on the
National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
211:
121:
490:
165:
466:
251:
184:
90:
77:
257:
Currently
Lathrop Hall houses the university's dance program, including the
219:
47:
227:
223:
172:
310:
National
Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lathrop Hall
261:
Studio, named for the head of the dance program from 1963 to 1975.
171:
Early college phy-ed programs in the U.S. were largely inspired by
232:
243:
512:
National
Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin
342:. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 7–9.
448:. Madison: The University Archives. pp. 117–119
140:
was built in 1908 as a women's gym and union of the
127:
114:
106:
69:
57:
419:. Madison: The University Archives. pp. 32–35
437:
435:
433:
340:The University of Wisconsin - a Pictorial History
365:"A History of Women in Sport Prior to Title IX"
507:Buildings and structures in Madison, Wisconsin
8:
445:The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin
416:The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin
395:. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012
284:. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012
46:
35:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
270:
302:
300:
298:
18:
276:
274:
7:
202:The building was designed mainly by
150:National Register of Historic Places
14:
502:University of Wisconsin–Madison
363:Bell, Richard C. (2008-03-14).
187:, where Chadbourne stands now.
142:University of Wisconsin-Madison
239:, first chancellor of the UW.
148:. In 1985 it was added to the
116:
1:
16:United States historic place
528:
235:". The hall was named for
115:NRHP reference
45:
41:
32:
25:
21:
110:Cret, Laird and Peabody
442:Feldman, Jim (1997).
413:Feldman, Jim (1997).
315:National Park Service
222:blocks accent a wood
91:43.07367°N 89.40301°W
338:Arthur Hove (1991).
307:E.L. Miller (1985),
61:1050 University Ave.
96:43.07367; -89.40301
87: /
248:Margaret H'Doubler
237:John Hiram Lathrop
206:, with input from
204:Paul Philippe Cret
146:Madison, Wisconsin
64:Madison, Wisconsin
369:The Sport Journal
226:which leads to a
135:
134:
519:
481:
480:
478:
477:
463:
457:
456:
454:
453:
439:
428:
427:
425:
424:
410:
404:
403:
401:
400:
389:
383:
382:
380:
379:
360:
354:
353:
335:
329:
323:
322:
321:
304:
293:
292:
290:
289:
278:
196:Charles Van Hise
173:gymnastics clubs
118:
102:
101:
99:
98:
97:
92:
88:
85:
84:
83:
80:
50:
19:
527:
526:
522:
521:
520:
518:
517:
516:
487:
486:
485:
484:
475:
473:
465:
464:
460:
451:
449:
441:
440:
431:
422:
420:
412:
411:
407:
398:
396:
391:
390:
386:
377:
375:
362:
361:
357:
350:
337:
336:
332:
319:
317:
306:
305:
296:
287:
285:
280:
279:
272:
267:
259:Louise Kloepper
158:
95:
93:
89:
86:
81:
78:
76:
74:
73:
62:
53:
37:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
525:
523:
515:
514:
509:
504:
499:
489:
488:
483:
482:
458:
429:
405:
384:
355:
348:
330:
294:
282:"Lathrop Hall"
269:
268:
266:
263:
212:Arthur Peabody
157:
154:
133:
132:
129:
125:
124:
119:
112:
111:
108:
104:
103:
71:
67:
66:
59:
55:
54:
51:
43:
42:
39:
38:
33:
30:
29:
26:
23:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
524:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
494:
492:
472:
468:
462:
459:
447:
446:
438:
436:
434:
430:
418:
417:
409:
406:
394:
388:
385:
374:
370:
366:
359:
356:
351:
349:0-299-13000-2
345:
341:
334:
331:
327:
316:
312:
311:
303:
301:
299:
295:
283:
277:
275:
271:
264:
262:
260:
255:
253:
249:
245:
240:
238:
234:
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
205:
200:
197:
193:
188:
186:
182:
177:
174:
169:
167:
163:
155:
153:
151:
147:
143:
139:
131:July 11, 1985
130:
128:Added to NRHP
126:
123:
120:
113:
109:
105:
100:
72:
68:
65:
60:
56:
49:
44:
40:
36:
31:
24:
20:
474:. Retrieved
470:
467:"Facilities"
461:
450:. Retrieved
444:
421:. Retrieved
415:
408:
397:. Retrieved
393:"South Hall"
387:
376:. Retrieved
372:
368:
358:
339:
333:
326:three photos
318:, retrieved
309:
286:. Retrieved
256:
241:
216:Neoclassical
208:Warren Laird
201:
189:
185:Ladies' Hall
178:
170:
159:
138:Lathrop Hall
137:
136:
52:Lathrop Hall
27:Lathrop Hall
252:kinesiology
94: /
70:Coordinates
491:Categories
476:2020-04-15
452:2022-01-05
423:2022-01-05
399:2022-01-03
378:2022-08-29
320:2022-08-29
288:2022-08-29
265:References
82:89°24′11″W
79:43°04′25″N
220:modillion
190:With the
181:Civil War
107:Architect
471:UW Dance
233:Y.W.C.A.
228:hip roof
122:85001503
58:Location
242:During
224:cornice
192:Red Gym
156:History
346:
324:With
166:Greek
162:Latin
344:ISBN
210:and
164:and
244:WWI
144:in
117:No.
493::
469:.
432:^
373:24
371:.
367:.
313:,
297:^
273:^
254:.
479:.
455:.
426:.
402:.
381:.
352:.
328:.
291:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
