{"id":1750,"date":"2011-03-21T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T19:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2017-11-21T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:29:02","slug":"ovens-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/encyclopedia\/ovens-union","title":{"rendered":"Ovens Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"48%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/03\/Ovens02.jpg\" alt=\"the building after remodeling\" width=\"231\" height=\"230\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/03\/ovens.jpg\" alt=\"the building before remodeling\" width=\"233\" height=\"229\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Dates:<\/b> Built 1916-1917 as Alumni Gymnasium. Remodeled as Ovens Student<br \/>\nUnion in 1952 and expanded in 1963. Demolished in 1972 to make way for E.H.<br \/>\nLittle Library.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Quote: <\/b>The gift from the Alumni to the College is being realized. It is<br \/>\ngoing to be an attractive and well apportioned building, and is ideally<br \/>\nlocated on the campus. You could not have given us a more needed gift nor one<br \/>\nthat would be more appreciated. The gymnasium will be modern in every respect<br \/>\nand will be a great addition to our equipment. <i>&#8220;Alumni Gift&#8221;<br \/>\nDavidsonian, 9 May 1917, p. 2.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Named for:<\/b> David Ovens, partner in J. B. Ivey Company and<br \/>\npresident of the Cavendish Trading Company.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"\/archives\/encyclopedia\/davidson-college-campus-buildings\/\">Return<br \/>\nto Campus Building List<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates: Built 1916-1917 as Alumni Gymnasium. Remodeled as Ovens Student Union in 1952 and expanded in 1963. Demolished in 1972 to make way for E.H. Little Library. Quote: The gift from the Alumni to the College is being realized. It is going to be an attractive and well apportioned building, and is ideally located on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23954,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/23954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}