NOTE: The second in a series of tracking down lost or forgotten sports venues, trophies and artifacts in the Old Pueblo.
Built in 1903, Herring Hall served as Arizona’s gymnasium long before Gittings Gym, Bear Down Gym and McKale Center and it housed Pop McKale’s first office. Plus, it was the only gym in Tucson with running water for showers.
It was the Men’s Gymnasium (1903 – 1925) and housed the Women’s Physical Education program (1925 – 1937) before Bear Down was built in 1926.
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