It has Prairie School and American Craftsman design elements, including a red tile hipped roof.

[3] The athletic club struggled with financial difficulties during the 1920s and went bankrupt in 1930, leaving the building vacant.

The building remained vacant from 1930 to 1943 when it was eventually purchased by Indianapolis businessman George Marott.

[4] When the Robert E. Cavanaugh Hall was completed in 1971, most of the speech department moved to the new building apart from the theatre program.

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