Carlisle Gymnasium
UNM campus W of Yale Blvd., Albuquerque, NMCarlisle Gymnasium is one of six buildings on the campus of the University of New Mexico included in this nomination. Carlisle Gymnasium is significant because it is the only building remaining of four that were designed by the architectural firm of Gaastra, Gladding and Johnson beginning in 1927 after the Pueblo Style was designated as the official campus style. Gaastra, Gladding and Johnson were commissioned to design four new campus buildings in the official campus style, which included a new gymnasium (Carlisle Gym), biology building, science lecture hall, and a men's dormitory. All four buildings were simultaneously dedicated at a ceremony in 1928.
To celebrate the Pueblo Style architecture of these buildings, the governors of the Indian Pueblos in New
Mexico were in attendance. The other three buildings have been razed over the years to make room for
new modern facilities. Carlisle Gym has had little visible alterations other than a re-stucco of the exterior
completed in 1982. The building is still used as an auxiliary gymnasium.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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