Close Hall

Close Hall
Construction

Location	Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue Iowa City, Iowa, 52240 United States
Owner	University of Iowa & Iowa City
Operator	University of Iowa
Opened	1890
Closed	1968
Demolished	1970
Tenants
The Daily Iowan newspaper YMCA & YWCA University Physical Education University Men's Basketball

Close Hall is a former multi-purpose facility on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States, that was opened in 1890 and demolished between 1968 and 1970.

Construction

Made of brick, construction of the building began in 1888 and completed 1890 on land owned jointly by the university and Iowa City. The cost of construction was supplemented through a contribution of $10,000 by Mrs. Helen S. Close in order for the YM-YWCA to be completed. The three-story building served many purposes during its time, however, it is probably most notable for being the site of the first five-on-five college basketball game. The basement of the building housed the women's gymnasium as well as industrial chemistry labs. The first floor contained offices and recitation rooms, while the second floor housed literary societies as well as additional offices.^[1]

Eventually the building would become the school of journalism for the University of Iowa and would house the campus typesetting machines and printing presses. It would be from these presses that The Daily Iowan, The Hawkeye, Frivol, Iowa Literary Magazine, The Transit and The Journal of Business would be printed. Close Hall would remain the home of the school of journalism as well as the university press room until the late 1950s.

Fire, rebuild and demolition

On January 1, 1940, Close Hall had a devastating fire that caused irreparable damage. The building was reconstructed as a one-story building and maintained as the school of journalism and university publishing. After the university publishing left, Close Hall was became an underused, gaudy building on a valuable piece of property. The university officially closed the building in 1968 and over the course of the following two years demolished the structure.

References

↑ University of Iowa Libraries University Archives

University of Iowa

Academics

Colleges	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (School of Music · School of Art) College of Business College of Dentistry College of Education College of Engineering Graduate College College of Law College of Medicine College of Nursing College of Pharmacy College of Public Health

Affiliations	Association of American Universities Big Ten Conference Big Ten Academic Alliance CIMBA Iowa Board of Regents Universities Research Association

Programs/research	Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development Injun Satellite Program International Writing Program Iowa Electronic Markets Iowa Law Review Iowa Tests of Basic Skills The Iowa Review Iowa Women's Archives ISCABBS The Journal of Corporation Law Philological Quarterly University of Iowa Press UMPERLC Writers' Workshop

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Field hockey Football Wrestling

Rivalries	Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Series) Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin "Big Four" men's basketball

Campus

Athletics Hall of Fame Beckwith Boathouse Carver–Hawkeye Arena Children's Hospital Cambus Duane Banks Field Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City Iowa Field House Iowa Memorial Union Iowa River Kinnick Stadium Museum of Art Museum of Natural History Old Capitol Old Capitol Mall Pappajohn Business Building Ped Mall Pentacrest Recreation & Wellness Center Thomas C. Carson House

Student life

Alumni Faculty "Alma Mater Iowa" The Daily Iowan Hawkeye Marching Band "Hawkeye Victory Polka" Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Iowa Biennial KRUI-FM KSUI "On Iowa" "Roll Along Iowa" WSUI University of Iowa shooting

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)

Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)

Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game

People	Head coaches Individual honors

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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