Homewood Campus Tour

Athletic facilities were constructed at Homewood even before the University moved her in 1916. In 1907, an athletic field was ready for use and Aspenview was equipped as a clubhouse; grandstands were added in 1908 and 1910. The first gymnasium was constructed in 1934.

Between 1963 and 1965, the facilities were expanded and renamed the Newton H. White, Jr. Athletic Center, in honor of Captain Newton H. White, Jr., whose widow made a large donation to the University for that purpose. White, a naval officer who commanded the aircraft carrer USS Enterprise before the Second World War, became interested in the University after reading a chemistry textbook by Ira Remsen. Having been educated in a one-room schoolhouse in Tennessee, White instituted the Newton H. White scholarships in 1954, to provide an opportunity for needy students to attend Hopkins. The two figures outside the building were sculpted by Professor Joseph Brown of Princeton, a former boxer who also created the statues outside the Spectrum and Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

In 1967, the concrete grandstand on the south side of Homewood Field was named after Conrad Gebelein (pictured at left), director of the Johns Hopkins Band from 1931-74.

Interested in a little lacrosse trivia? Follow this link to the Johns Hopkins Magazine's Lacrosse Trivia Quiz.

In 1998, a new structure on the visitors' side of Homewood Field, with a new main entrance and permanent seating for 5,000, was dedicated as the Schelle Pavilion, in honor of donors Wayne Schelle, A&S '58, and Elaine Schelle, Nurs '59.

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