Heisman Club Field House

Date

1992-present

Location

200 Woodland Street

Architects/Collaborators

Spillman Farmer Shoemaker Pell Whildin, Bethlehem, PA (architects)

History

Dedicated on October 10, 1992, this facility was named in honor of the College athletics support group, the Heisman Club. The club takes its name from Oberlin's first football coach, the famed John Heisman who inspired college football's most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy. The field house is linked to the Jesse Philips Gymnasium, and includes a six-lane, 200-meter track and four tennis courts. The addition enabled the College to host the North Coast Athletic Conference and the Great Lakes Colleges Association's men's tennis championships in spring 1993.

Sources

"Dedication Gets Field House Up and Running," Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Vol. 88 No. 4, Fall 1992, 10.

Oberlin College Archives, Architectural Records (RG 53).