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University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden

The University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden is a major arboretum and botanical garden on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho. Located within a valley south of the Presidents Residence on Nez Perce Drive and adjacent to the UI Golf Course, its 63 acres are open to the public daily without charge. The universitys first arboretum was established over a century ago in 1910 by Dr. Charles Houston Shattuck, the universitys first professor of forestry and the first dean of the College of Forestry. He began planting a 14-acre slope with hundreds of introduced trees and shrubs. His legacy, now a grove of mature trees, is one of Western North Americas oldest university plantings with superior specimens of American Beech, California Incense-cedar, Field Maple, Eastern Hemlock, and an excellent Giant Sequoia. This older arboretum is located immediately west of the UI Administration Building and north of the Presidents Residence; it was named for Shattuck in 1933, two years after his death. The "New Arboretum" was conceived in the late 1970s with its first plantings in the former hayfield in 1982. It is divided into four geographical areas of plant origin: Asia, Europe, Eastern North America, and Western North America. In addition, there are sections for display plantings and a xeriscape garden. The arboretum contains 829 species and 1799 taxa of trees and woody shrubs, with planting continuing at a sustained pace. For example, a total of 132 species and 270 taxa were planted in 2004. Conifers, ornamental species and cultivars of pear, forsythia, cherry, crabapple, lilac, shrub rose, mock orange, magnolia, tree peony, maple, oak, and elm constitute the bulk of the collection. There are also dozens of unusual specimens. Some of the less common trees for the region include Dawn Redwood, Ginkgo, Camperdown Elms, and cultivars of European Beech . The arboretum has many walking trails and benches; the loop distance around the arboretum is about 1.4 miles . The first wedding held in the new arboretum was in July 1991; the bride was university president Elisabeth Zinser.

Memorial Gymnasium

War Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Opened in November 1928, the venue honors state residents who gave their lives in the service of their country in World War I. The architectural style is Tudor-Gothic and is heavily buttressed; the chief architect was David C. Lange, the head of the universitys architecture department. The west end addition was built from 1951–52, and the building was renovated in 1954. Ivy partially covers the brick and concrete exterior, which is decorated with crouching football player gargoyles and stained glass windows. Memorial Gymnasium was the primary home of Vandal basketball until January 1976, replaced by the newly enclosed Kibbie Dome; the Domes basketball configuration was renamed "Cowan Spectrum" in early 2001. Currently the "Mem Gym" is the home court of Vandal womens volleyball, and occasionally hosts early season basketball games, depending upon the late season football schedule. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Idaho had a nationally prominent boxing team; 5,200 attended a dual meet against neighbor Washington State in 1950. It was dropped as an intercollegiate sport in 1954. The facility is used extensively for physical education classes, intramurals, and open recreation. Commencement ceremonies for the university were traditionally held in the venue from 1929 through 1975. Since 1976, the Kibbie Dome has hosted the primary ceremony for all graduates, and the Mem Gym is one of several venues used for individual college ceremonies for the awarding of diplomas. At just 49 years of age, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The narrow swimming pool in the basement of the Mem Gym was retired in 1970, when the new swim center opened. Through the 1981 football season, there were no locker rooms at the Kibbie Dome and the Vandals and visiting teams dressed in the Memorial Gym.

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is the U.S. state of Idahos oldest public university, located in the city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state. UI is the states land-grant and primary research university, and enrolls more national merit scholars than all other institutions in the state combined. In January 2012, the university enrolled the highest number of National Merit Scholars of any school in the Northwest; more than the other institutions in the region with significantly larger enrollments. The University of Idaho was the states sole university for 71 years, until 1963, and hosts the University of Idaho College of Law, which was established 106 years ago in 1909, accredited by the ABA in 1925, and remains the only accredited law school in the state until June, 2015. Formed 126 years ago by the territorial legislature on January 30, 1889, the university opened its doors in 1892 on October 3, with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. It presently has an enrollment exceeding 12,000, with over 11,000 on the Moscow campus. The university offers 142 degree programs, from accountancy to wildlife resources, including bachelors, masters, doctoral, and specialists degrees. Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study. At 25% and 53%, its 4 and 6 year graduation rates are the highest of any public university in Idaho, and it generates 74 percent of all research money in the state, with research expenditures of $100 million in 2010 alone. As a land-grant university and the primary research university in the state, UI has the largest campus in the state at 1,585 acres, located in the rolling hills of the Palouse region at an elevation of 2,600 feet above sea level. The school is home to the Idaho Vandals, who compete on the Division I FBS level. In addition to the main campus in Moscow, the UI has branch campuses in Coeur dAlene, Boise, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls. It also operates a research park in Post Falls and dozens of extension offices statewide.

Almon Asbury Lieuallen House

The Almon Asbury Lieuallen House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Located at 101 S. Almon St. in Moscow, Idaho in Latah County the house was built in 1884. The structure has a mansard roof and two-story bays on either side of the entrance. The structure originally had a smaller covered porch, and the bays were more visible than at present. A small railed balcony atop the porch was accessible by a door on the second floor. That door has been replaced by a window, and the porch expanded to cover the entire east side of the facade. Additional dormer windows have been added on the third floor to provide additional lighting and ventilation for the top floor. The structure has always been used as a residence, first as a family home, then as apartments. It is currently used as multi-family apartments. The wooden structure was built outside the town of Moscow on his farm and occupied by Almon Asbury Lieuallen and his family. One of the early settlers of Moscow, he operated one of the first stores and was postmaster in 1876. Together with James Deakin, Henry McGregor, and John Russell, he donated one-quarter of the one-hundred and 20 acres which became the city center of Moscow.

University of Idaho Golf Course

The University of Idaho Golf Course is an 18-hole public facility on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Set in the rolling hills of the Palouse of north central Idaho, a mile east of the border with Washington, the par-72 course is at an average elevation of 2,650 feet above sea level. The back tees measure a moderate 6,602 yards, but the significant elevation changes, terraced fairways, and often breezy conditions contribute to make it a challenging track. The slope rating is 136, with a course rating of 72.4; the mens tees are at 6,106 yards, with a slope of 131 and a course rating of 70.3. The course is open eight months per year, March through October, and is located on the western end of Nez Perce Drive, directly south of the Kibbie Dome stadium and the century-old Shattuck Arboretum. The newer UI Arboretum borders on the east, along and below the 17th 18th holes. The Presidents House is across the street, northeast of the 18th green.

Kibbie Dome

The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho. It is the home of the Idaho Vandals and is used for intercollegiate competition in four sports: football, basketball, tennis, and indoor track field. The Kibbie Dome opened as an outdoor concrete football stadium in October 1971, built on the same site of the demolished wooden Neale Stadium, seen in this early 1950s photo. Following the 1974 football season, a barrel-arched roof and vertical end walls were added in ten months and the stadium re-opened as an enclosed facility in September 1975. With just 16,000 permanent seats, it is currently the smallest home stadium for college football in Division I FBS . Since February 2001, the Kibbie Dome has been reconfigured for basketball games and is referred to as the Cowan Spectrum, seating 7,000. The elevation of the playing surface is 2,610 feet above sea level.

Administration Building, University of Idaho

The University of Idaho is the U.S. state of Idaho's oldest public university, located in the city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university, and enrolls more national merit scholars than all other institutions in the state combined. In January 2012, the university enrolled the highest number of National Merit Scholars of any school in the Northwest; more than the other institutions in the region with significantly larger enrollments. The University of Idaho was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963, and its the College of Law, established in 1909, was first accredited by the American Bar Association in 1925, and remains the only accredited law school in the state. Formed by the territorial legislature on January 30, 1889, the university opened its doors in 1892 on October 3, with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 1896 contained two men and two women. It presently has an enrollment exceeding 12,000, with over 11,000 on the Moscow campus. The university offers 142 degree programs, from accountancy to wildlife resources, including bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and specialists' degrees. Certificates of completion are offered in 30 areas of study. At 25% and 53%, its 4 and 6 year graduation rates are the highest of any public university in Idaho, and it generates 74 percent of all research money in the state, with research expenditures of $100 million in 2010 alone. As a land-grant university and the primary research university in the state, UI has the largest campus in the state at 1,585 acres , located in the rolling hills of the Palouse region at an elevation of 2,600 feet above sea level. The school is home to the Idaho Vandals, who compete on the Division I FBS level. In addition to the main campus in Moscow, the UI has branch campuses in Coeur d'Alene, Boise, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls. It also operates a research park in Post Falls and dozens of extension offices statewide.
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