Stadium at Purdue University in Indiana, US
Stuart Field was astadium atPurdue University inWest Lafayette, Indiana , United States. It was the home field of thePurdue Boilermakers football team from 1892 until 1924 whenRoss–Ade Stadium opened.[ 2] Purdue's baseball team continued to play at Stuart Field until 1939. TheElliott Hall of Music is located at Stuart Field's former site,[ 1] while the west grand stand of the field was adjacent to the Purdue Armory.[ 3]
The field was dedicated on April 16, 1892,[ 4] and named for Charles B. and William V. Stuart, two brothers who served on the university's board of trustees.[ 5] Originally a seven-acre[ 5] (2.8 ha) field with 800 seats,[ 4] by the 1910s it was expanded to twice that area[ 5] and aseating capacity of 5,000.[ 6] Stuart Field was also used for special events, including a biplane demonstration on June 13, 1911, which attracted 17,000 spectators.[ 6]
^a b "Lambert Field (Baseball)" . CBS Interactive. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2010 .^ "Old Oaken Bucket" . Purdue University Libraries - Archives and Special Collections. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2010 .^ "1920s aerial photograph of Stuart Field and the Purdue Armory" . RetrievedJanuary 1, 2017 .^a b Stone, Winthrop E. (January 12, 1900)."Report on Athletics at Purdue University" .The Twenty-Fifth Report of Purdue University . Indianapolis: Wm. R. Burford. p. 36. RetrievedMarch 19, 2012 .^a b c Purdue Reamer Club (2002).A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue . West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. p. 66.ISBN 1-55753-191-9 . RetrievedMarch 19, 2012 . ^a b Kriebel, Robert C. (2009).Ross-Ade: Their Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies . West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press. p. 100.ISBN 978-1-55753-522-1 . RetrievedMarch 19, 2012 .
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