State Basketball Championship, Butler Fieldhouse, 1930

ID: 144 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society ~ Date: 1930

This file appears in: Hinkle Fieldhouse

State Basketball Championship, Butler Fieldhouse, 1930

The rise of the automobile enabled people more easily to come from all over the state of Indiana to experience the thrill of the state basketball tournament.

This file appears in: Hinkle Fieldhouse

Hinkle Fieldhouse

By John Sureck, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Hinkle Fieldhouse, formerly known as Butler Fieldhouse, is one of the oldest and best known basketball arenas in the world and has remained in continuous use since it opened in 1928. Few places represent the Hoosier obsession with the sport of…