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 ====== Trowbridge Pool/Squash Facility ======
-The Trowbridge Pool/Squash Facility was built in 1929, the first project in what would later become the Ferris Athletic Center. The swimming pool was enclosed inside with 4 lanes, and the squash courts were built directly above it. The space was upgraded in 1992, the pool expanding to have 8 lanes with added windows to allow for sunlight, lane dividers, and diving boards.
+[{{::trowbridge.jpg?400 |Trowbridge Pool/Squash Facility, ca. 1940. Photo credit: Lloyd Oppenheimer courtesy of [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.33677719|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
+The Trowbridge Pool/Squash Facility was built in 1929 and was the first project in what would later become the [[ferris_athletic_center|Ferris Athletic Center]]. The [[athletics|swimming]] pool was enclosed inside with four lanes, and the [[athletics|squash]] courts were built directly above the pool.
+In 1925, Trinity College hired Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge, Class of 1883, to design a new campus master plan to succeed the [[summit_campus|design]] that had been created in the late nineteenth century by [[burges_william|William Burges]]. Trowbridge's perspective [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.26317780
+|drawing]] included the original design for the pool and squash courts, which were intended to become part of a larger gymnasium complex. Trowbridge's death in 1925 before the project's completion inspired the dedication of the facilities in his name. A cornerstone was also laid in the gymnasium in Trowbridge's honor with a time capsule box placed inside containing building plans, a copy of the //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, and College reports, among other items.
+By the 1990s, the pool was considered poor and outdated and had even been called “the second worst in New England” by Trinity's Athletic Director at the time, Rick Hazelton. A new pool, the [[natatorium|Natatorium]], was completed in 1992 and as a result, the Trowbridge pool was converted into a fitness center, which opened in 1993.
-The pool was named in memorial of Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge, a class of 1883 alumni of Trinity. He was an architect, and had made plans for Trinity's campus, including the original ideas for the new gymnasium project featuring a pool and squash courts. His passing in 1925 before it's completion partly inspired the dedication to the facilities in his name. A cornerstone was also laid in the gymnasium in his honor, a box placed inside containing building plans, a copy of the Tripod, and college reports among other things.
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 ===== Sources =====
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2359/|The Trinity Tripod]], 02/12/1929.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/362/|The Trinity Reporter]], Spring 1992.
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2378/|The Trinity Tripod]], 10/22/1929.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/171/|The Trinity Tripod]], 01/28/1992.
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/171/|The Trinity Tripopd]], 01/28/1992.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2378/|The Trinity Tripod]], 10/22/1929.
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/362/|The Trinity Reporter]], Spring 1992.
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2359/|The Trinity Tripod]], 02/12/1929.