Water tower was painted in the 1960s

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

I just came across an old photo online of Kinnick Stadium and area from the early 60s. In this shot the water tower is painted with the words "State University of Iowa," as it was known then, on the west side. You have to look closely, and it helps if you can enlarge it, but it's there. Just thought I'd mention it, FWIW.

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Interesting. Thank you for posting that picture.

What were those buildings on the west side of the stadium?

 

[paladinhawk]

What were those buildings on the west side of the stadium?

I'm guessing post-WW2 Quonset huts. See link:

https://books.google.com/books?id=J...page&q=quonset hut university of iowa&f=false

 

[Hawk73108]

Those were Quonset huts. That particular housing area was known as Stadium Park. I lived there one summer when my father was getting his masters degree.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

You're welcome, Blair. And yes, the other posters are correct: the Quonset huts were married student housing for a number of years.

 

[scotthawk1964]

Good view of the old Iowa Field House to, I doubt you can come close to seeing it from the same angle today.

 

[DEREKoh2]

Good view of the old Iowa Field House to, I doubt you can come close to seeing it from the same angle today.

Horse burials in Kinnick Stadium:

http://iagenweb.org/johnson/PostcardHibbs/Postcard80.htm

 

[Blair Sanderson]

Here's a pretty cool look side by side of then and now.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

I figured that was Minnesota weekend and all their fans just came in their double-wides.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Thanks for the side-by-side, Blair. Very cool for sure.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Wow, no change to the water tower?

 

[Hawkeye_311]

Funny how the east grandstand have basically been left unchanged after all these years. Would love to see some more club seating or something to raise the elevation of that side.

 

[Titanhawk2]

Funny how the east grandstand have basically been left unchanged after all these years. Would love to see some more club seating or something to raise the elevation of that side.

I'm pretty sure I've seen some pictures of the east stands with some sort of press box at the top, real early pre-50's

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Yes, the original press box was a single story at the top of the east stands. The fancy new press box on the west side was built in Evy's days and served until replaced several years ago with what we have now.

 

[anon_8rcdnbko1jbe0]

Here's a pretty cool look side by side of then and now.

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Very cool. And the baseball diamond location. Was Melrose even a street then? Cant tell

 

[hexumhawk]

You're welcome, Blair. And yes, the other posters are correct: the Quonset huts were married student housing for a number of years.

I wonder if they had kick-ass ragers for tailgates so close to the stadium?

 

[plmac9]

Those were Quonset huts. That particular housing area was known as Stadium Park. I lived there one summer when my father was getting his masters degree.

Bet the "Fat Cats" complained about that too!

 

[HawkFanInMO]

I just came across an old photo online of Kinnick Stadium and area from the early 60s. In this shot the water tower is painted with the words "State University of Iowa," as it was known then, on the west side. You have to look closely, and it helps if you can enlarge it, but it's there. Just thought I'd mention it, FWIW.

The North endzone only says "Hawks."

I am embarrassed to not know the answer... was it originally the State University of Iowa Hawks and then later changed to University of Iowa Hawkeyes? Or has it always been the Hawkeyes, but they just went with the nickname Hawks for the field?

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

An interesting thing about the Kinnick sidelines is that they did one thing right and one thing wrong in the original construction. What they did right was place the stands very close to the field. What they did wrong was extend them too far north and south beyond the field of play. So...what we've got as a result is a stadium with amazing sidelines that intimidate the opposition, but, we've also got a stadium with endzone seating that's further back from the field than it should be.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

I just came across an old photo online of Kinnick Stadium and area from the early 60s. In this shot the water tower is painted with the words "State University of Iowa," as it was known then, on the west side. You have to look closely, and it helps if you can enlarge it, but it's there. Just thought I'd mention it, FWIW.

The enclosed south endzone was cool! It was closer to the field than the rebuilt south stands are. I wasn't sorry to see the goofy grassy knolls go away though! lol

 

[WhatsTheWord]

The "fat cats" parked on the east side of the stadium in a grass field.