Cornell Crescent records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 40-2-1475

Scope and content

Correspondence, typewritten manuscripts, printed article, and blueprint relating to the Cornell Crescent, including the text of an address on stadiums which Gavin Hadden delivered at a meeting of the New York Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1925. Correspondents include Gavin Hadden and Romeyn Berry.

Dates

1924-1925.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Hadden, Gavin, 1888-1956. (Person)
Berry, Romeyn, 1881-1957. (Person)
American Society of Civil Engineers (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Schoellkopf Field, the major field for athletic events at Cornell University, was completed in 1915. As the University grew and attendance at athletic events increased, the need arose for a larger seating area. In 1924, with the completion of the concrete stadium then known as the "Crescent" on the east side of the field, Schoellkopf's seating capacity increased from 9,000 to about 21,500. The seating capacity was further increased in 1947 by the addition of permanent steel fixtures on the west side of the field, expanding the seating to its current capacity of 25,597.