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Built - 1927 Dedicated - October 8, 1927 Cost of Construction - $50,000 Architect - Brinton Davis Namesake - The Stadium was never named for anyone. The Colonnade has been named in honor of W.L. "Gander" Terry was a Marion native. He was a former football player, an athletic director, an assistant football coach and a head football coach. He also played on the old football field where the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center now stands. Terry graduated in 1927 and was inducted in the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. He died in 1991 at the age of 83. The colonnade was dedicated to him on July 23, 2003. History - This Classic Revival colonnade once served as the entryway to an athletic stadium. It was built at an original cost of $50,000 and was completed in November 1927. The Stadium replaced a limestone quarry on the northeast side of campus and seated 7,500. Lights were installed in 1946, and metal bleachers replaced wooden bleachers in 1963. Constructed of limestone by the Raymond Construction Company of Bowling Green, this colonnade contributes to the character of the campus. Although the athletic field has been replaced by the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts center, the stadium seats continue to serve as an amphitheater. Historic Architecture at Western Kentucky University, Kentucky Library & Museum, 1998. Renovations: 1946 - lights $15,000, seven 80 foot towers each with eighteen 1500 watt lights 1970 - fenced, gravel walkway repaired, signage, seeding 1998 - pressure washed and sealed, removal of wooden seats $30,000 2007 - $225,000 restoration of interior brick and exterior limestone College Heights Herald 1927 - Apr. p. 1, May p. 7 1930 - Oct. p. 5 1987 -Apr. 16, p. 2 1998 - May 5, p. 18 Batchelder, Matt. Colonnade Gets Needed Repairs, May 5, 1998 Clark, Ashlee. Colonnade Given Formal Name, Aug. 28, 2003 Colonnade Gets Needed Repairs, May 5, 1998, p. 18 Farner, Keith. Colonnade Used to be the Place to Watch Pigskin Fly, Oct. 24, 2002 Hill, Zack. Stadium, Jan. 31, 1939 Howerton, Christina. Western Planning Colonnade Rehab, Oct. 16, 2007 Teachers College Heights: The New Stadium, July 1926 - Notice, September 1926 - Park City Daily News: Hilltoppers are Winners Over 11 of Transylvania, Oct. 17, 1927 Hunter, Wales. Clean Sweep, photo, Apr. 29, 1998 The Way it Was, Feb. 24, 1980 Western Dedicates Her New Stadium with Win by 61 to 0 Over Bethel, Oct. 10, 1927 Western Teachers and Bethel College Grid Teams are Opponents, Oct. 6, 1927 Documents & Primary Sources: UA1B2/1 WKU Anniversaries - Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/190/ UA1C1 Campus Views - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/25/ UA1C2/80 Stadium & Colonnade - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/26/ UA1C3 Portraits - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/68/ UA1C4 Groups - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/28/ UA1C5/5 Athletics - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/29/ UA1C6 Events - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/30/ UA1C11/1 Public Relations Collection - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/38/ UA1C11/5 Athletic Media Relations Collection - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/75/ UA1C11/6 Leon Garrett Digital Collection - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/37/ UA1C11/22 Cherry Family Collection - Photos Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/131/ UA1C11/29 Franklin Studios Collection - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/2471/ UA1C11/40 Thomas Tichenor Collection Articles on Western Buildings - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1827/ UA2/2 Board of Regents Meeting Minutes - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/bor/1927/mtgs/2/ UA3/1/8 Henry Cherry Scrapbooks - Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/286/ UA11 University Relations UA30/1/1 Blueprints, Drawings & Plans - Inventory - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/81/ Historic Architecture at Western Kentucky University - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1786/ Walk Talk - https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1785/ |
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