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Shanks (Patricia and Merrill) Health and Wellness Center

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In October 2016 the Oberlin College Board of Trustees voted to approve the renovation and expansion of Philips Gym, to include a new health and wellness center and a complete renovation of Carr Pool. Construction began shortly afterwards on the south…

Williams Field House (Williams Ice Rink)

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The Beatty B. Williams Field House was originally a simple, open-air structure for an ice rink, with an arched aluminum roof that faces north and south. It was connected on the east with the Jones Field House, demolished in 2009. John D. Rockefeller,…

Hales Memorial Gymnasium

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The funds for Hales Memorial Gymnasium were given by G. Willard Hales (OC 1900) in memory of his mother, Lina Rosa Hales. It was the first modern gymnasium for women at Oberlin, succeeding several makeshift structures that served multiple purposes…