Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

Sauer, Anne

Branco, Jessica

Bennett, John

Crowley, Zachary

2000

John Baronian Field House, 1895

 

The John Baronian Field House was built over the existing field house in 1986 to upgrade the athletics facilities at the Medford Campus Ellis Oval. It was named after John Baronian, A1950, a trustee, founder of the Tufts Jumbo Club, and president of the Tufts Alumni Association from 1972 to 1982. While at Tufts, Baronian was an all-star linebacker for the football team.

The original field house was built around 1885 when university officials decided to build an athletic field on the current site of the Ellis Oval. The field house was burnt down by vandals soon after its completion, but was replaced in the early 1920's by a surplus barrack used by soldiers during World War One. The barrack was renovated to include locker room facilities for men's sports, and showers were added so that athletes would not have to trek to the gym after sporting events.

By the middle of the 1980s, the field house was beginning to fall apart, and was not large enough to house facilities for both men's and women's teams. There was no room for game officials, and the showers and toilets often did not work.

The new facility, which cost $850,000, included two large locker rooms and two smaller ones, men's and women's shower and bathroom facilities, a meeting room, a game official room, and a small first aid center. Bond Brothers of Somerville handled all of the construction, which was initiated with a groundbreaking ceremony that included the detonation of a buried charge of dynamite by Baronian and Tufts president Jean Mayer.

As of 2000, the Baronian Field House still functions as a locker room facility for both male and female athletic teams competing at Ellis Oval and nearby athletic fields.

Source: BG#03

 
 
Subject terms:
Description
  • The encyclopedia seeks to capture more than 150 years of Tufts' achievements, societal contributions and outstanding alumni and faculty in concise entries. As a source of accurate factual information, the Encyclopedia can be used by anyone interested in the history of Tufts and of the people who have made it the unique institution it is.
This object is in collection Subject Temporal Permanent URL
ID:
f1881x54h
Component ID:
tufts:UA069.005.DO.00001
To Cite:
TARC Citation Guide    EndNote
Usage:
Detailed Rights
View all images in this book
 Introduction
 Content
Numeric Entries
A
B
C
D
Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
Durkee, Frank W., 1861-1939
Durkee, Henrietta Noble Brown, 1871-1946
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Z
 List of Sources