Schmidt Gymnasium was the home venue of Razorback basketball at the University of Arkansas from 1923 until 1937. Completed prior to the Razorbacks' inaugural season, the gym was a former car showroom and garage that local businessman Jay Fulbright (father of future U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, University of Arkansas president, and Razorback football player, J. William Fulbright) worked to acquire with Francis Schmidt when Schmidt became athletic director and coach of the basketball, football, and baseball teams in 1922. The wooden gym was made from surplus World War I material and became known as "Schmidt's barn" or "Schmitty's barn" in reference to the coach who started the basketball program and its makeshift nature.[1][2][3][4] Schmidt Gymnasium was built just north of the fine arts building on campus. After the 1936–37 season, the building was sold and moved to Fayetteville High School, before it became a river cabin on Big Piney Creek near Russellville, Arkansas.[5] The Razorbacks then played their basketball games at the Men's Gymnasium from the 1937–38 season until the 1954–55 season.
^Stuck, Dorothy D.; Snow, Nan (1997). Roberta: A Most Remarkable Fulbright (1st ed.). Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press. p. 38. ISBN1-55728-500-4. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^Hancock, Hank (1976). A History of Arkansas Razorbacks. Abilene, TX: H. Hancock. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^Henry, Orville; Bailey, Jim (1973). The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas Football (4th ed.). Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. p. 39. ISBN1-55728-430-X.
^Beckmann, Robert (October 13, 2006). "The construction of a rich tradition". The Arkansas Traveler. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^Stuck, Dorothy D.; Snow, Nan (1997). Roberta: A Most Remarkable Fulbright (1st ed.). Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN1-55728-500-4. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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