Edwards Gymnasium

For over 100 years, Edwards Gymnasium has been at the center of Ohio Wesleyan University athletics.

Opened during the 1905-06 academic year, the still-unfinished facility hosted Ohio Wesleyan's first intercollegiate basketball team. As many as 3000 fans crammed their way into the double-decked court on the building's second floor, which still hosts varsity practices and intramurals.

The building originally contained a pool and handball courts, but recent remodeling has resulted a new media room, a student-athlete lounge, an expanded weight room and additional offices.

Edwards Gym was named after John Edwards, who served on the Board of Trustees in the late 1890s and early 1900s. One of the biggest facilities in the state at the time of its construction, Edwards was one of the first sites for the Ohio high school basketball tournament championships, which it hosted into the 1930s.

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