Stuart Field
Stadium at Purdue University in Indiana, US
title: "Stuart Field" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-college-baseball-venues-in-the-united-states", "defunct-college-football-venues", "purdue-boilermakers-football", "purdue-boilermakers-baseball", "college-football-venues-in-indiana", "college-baseball-venues-in-indiana", "purdue-boilermakers-sports-venues"] description: "Stadium at Purdue University in Indiana, US" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Field" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Stadium at Purdue University in Indiana, US ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Stuart Field |
| image | [[File:Purdue 26 Wabash 0.jpg |
| caption | Football game in 1913. (Click to enlarge.) |
| location | West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| opened | April 16, 1892 |
| closed | 1940 |
| owner | Purdue University |
| operator | Purdue University |
| tenants | Purdue Boilermakers football (1892–1924) |
| (1892–1939) | |
| :: |
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Stuart Field was a stadium at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It was the home field of the Purdue Boilermakers football team from 1892 until 1924 when Ross–Ade Stadium opened. Purdue's baseball team continued to play at Stuart Field until 1939. The Elliott Hall of Music is located at Stuart Field's former site, while the west grand stand of the field was adjacent to the Purdue Armory.
The field was dedicated on April 16, 1892, and named for Charles B. and William V. Stuart, two brothers who served on the university's board of trustees. Originally a seven-acre (2.8 ha) field with 800 seats, by the 1910s it was expanded to twice that area and a seating capacity of 5,000. Stuart Field was also used for special events, including a biplane demonstration on June 13, 1911, which attracted 17,000 spectators.
References
References
- "Old Oaken Bucket". Purdue University Libraries - Archives and Special Collections.
- "Lambert Field (Baseball)". CBS Interactive.
- "1920s aerial photograph of Stuart Field and the Purdue Armory".
- Stone, Winthrop E.. (January 12, 1900). "The Twenty-Fifth Report of Purdue University". Wm. R. Burford.
- Purdue Reamer Club. (2002). "A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue". Purdue University Press.
- Kriebel, Robert C.. (2009). "Ross-Ade: Their Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies". Purdue University Press.
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