{"nrhp_refnum":"02001751","name":"Women's Gymnasium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"906 S Goodwin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbana","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.10672459700004,"lon":-88.22417055099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Georgian Revival red brick gymnasium with limestone trim at 906 South Goodwin Avenue on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Illinois. Built in 1930 and designed by Charles A. Platt, it is also known as Louise Freer Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for social history, tied to the growth of women's physical education and coeducation at the university. Under Criterion C it is a local example of Platt's Georgian Revival campus architecture, and it reinforced his campus master plan through uniform cornice heights, roof pitch and materials. It was the last building Platt designed for the university.","narrative":"Completed in 1930 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, this two-and-a-half-story gymnasium was designed by Charles A. Platt, with James White as supervising campus architect. It is built of red brick laid in Flemish bond, with limestone trim, a slate roof and an oversized limestone entrance on the west front. Inside, two gymnasiums rise through several floors, and original locker rooms, office doors and marble stairs survive. A 1970 pool addition was built at the northeast corner. The building was created to give the women's physical training department adequate space for classes, research and recreation, after earlier facilities in the Women's Building became too small. It also joined the women's corridor formed with the nearby residence halls. Its design follows Platt's master plan for the campus, and it was the last building he designed for the university. It remains in educational use and is now used by both men and women.","period_of_significance":"1930-1952","architect_builder":"Platt, Charles, Architect; White, James, Campus (supervising) Architect","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for education; now used by both men and women, with a noncontributing 1970 pool addition at the northeast corner. Many original materials remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.176615-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/8907/28890783/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/02001751.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001751/595700b078-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001751/595700b078-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0 us","author":"Dori","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LouiseFreerHall_Urbana_Illinois_4577.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dori</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0 us</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LouiseFreerHall_Urbana_Illinois_4577.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890783","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Freer_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20711537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/womens-gymnasium-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign-02001751/"}