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Francis Gymnasium is a building atWashington University in St. Louis, currently used by the university's athletics department. Built in 1903, it is located inSt. Louis County, Missouri, on the far western edge of the university'sDanforth Campus. It is part of theWashington University Hilltop Campus Historic District.
Completed in time for 1904'sLouisiana Purchase Exposition, the gymnasium was used as the main indoor venue for the1904 Summer Olympics,[1] hosting theboxing andfencing events.[2]
After the Olympics, the building was turned over to the Washington University Athletics Department. In the early 1920s, a field house and a swimming pool were built next to Francis Gym. In 1985, a major renovation connected Francis Gym and the renovated field house with additional facilities and recreation space, and replaced the pool with the Millstone Pool.[1] Built in 1985, the Millstone pool is an 8-lane pool with an adjustable bulkhead making it from 25 yards to 25 meters in length.
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