Lejeune Hall

Lejeune Hall
Lejeune Hall
	Location of Lejeune Hall
General information
Location	Annapolis, Maryland
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°58′43″N 76°28′59″W / 38.978707°N 76.483111°W
Cost	$13.5 million
Owner	United States Naval Academy
Management	United States Naval Academy

Lejeune Hall (sometimes called the Lejeune Physical Education Center) is a sports complex and arena at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It currently houses the academy's boxing and wrestling practice arena, and natatorium, and the Naval Academy's Athletic Hall of Fame.^[1]

History

The Lejeune Hall was built in 1982 in honor of Lt. General John Archer Lejeune.^[2] The facility came with an aquatic natatorium which has an Olympic size pool (25m × 50m) and a diving well. The diving platforms vary from 10 metres (33 ft), 7.5 metres (25 ft), and 5 metres (16 ft). The Natatorium also has a few diving boards.^[3] In 2013, the Lejeune Hall underwent renovations where much of the flooring was redone and all the pools were also renovated with new tiles and new starting blocks.^[4]

Features

The Lejeune Hall features a weight room, saunas, locker rooms and a classroom. In the natatorium, features included are 600 pullout seats for spectators and a large LED display scoreboard. Visitors touring the campus will be able to see the natatorium through glass windows outside.^[5]

A panoramic shot of the Lejeune Hall natatorium

Memorials

The Lejeune Hall houses three memorials:^[6]

Class of 1940 Memorial – A fountain outside the building dedicated to the alumni of the academy who lost their lives in World War II.
Class of 1944 Memorial – A plaza and garden dedicated to the class of 1944.
Class of 1950 Memorial – A large stone to remember Isherwood Hall which had been demolished in 1958.^[7]

References

^ "Touring the Yard" (PDF). USNA Visitor Center. United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ N/A, bubonline. "LeJuene Hall (U.S. Naval Academy)". Virtual Globetrotting. virtual globetrotting. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ Antonelli, Kris. "Taking the big leap Trepidation: The thought of taking the mandatory 33-foot jump into a Naval Academy pool has terrified some midshipmen". The Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ Higginbotham, Julie. "Naval Academy pool renovation is complex and rewarding". Building Construction + Design. BDC Network. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Public guided Walking Tours". Naval Academy Business Service Division. United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ Annapolis, Md :U S. Naval Academy (1982). "Lejeune Hall :United States Naval Academy Physical Education Center". Archive. Annapolis, Md. : U.S. Naval Academy. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "U.S. Naval Academy, Isherwood Hall, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD". Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2018.