Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., Oct II[2], 1937. Nippert Stadium. University of Cincinnati. Ohio." This photograph shows a stone memorial at Nippert Stadium, with The Union in the background. Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center (TUC)remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_05_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)