How does this artwork elucidate its History?
It was home to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team.  It was no longer used for athletics after the Joyce Center opened in 1968. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a special University convocation in the fieldhouse on December 9, 1935.The original Notre Dame Fieldhouse was built in April 1898 under the University's president, Rev. Andrew Morrissey. However, in 1899 the Fieldhouse burned down. Father Morrissey quickly ordered that the Fieldhouse be rebuilt and made fireproof. The Fieldhouse was used as the home of Notre Dame Athletics for seventy years. Not only was the Fieldhouse used for basketball, but also football practice, pep rallies, track and field, the Bengal Bouts boxing tournament, commencement and much more. After the Joyce Center was built in 1968, the Old Fieldhouse was no longer needed for athletics, and it was turned over to the art department to use for studio projects. The Old Fieldhouse was demolished in spring 1983. Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, the president of the university, decided that the space would be used as a pedestrian space to further beautify the campus. Where the Notre Dame Fieldhouse used to be there is now the Clarke Memorial Fountain (a  memorial to honor those who gave their lives in World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War -- it was built in 1986) and the marker in the corner of the quad. The space is known as the Fieldhouse Mall.
Andrew Morrissey Notre Dame Fighting Irish Clarke Memorial Fountain Bengal Bouts Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Hesburgh University of Notre Dame basketball Joyce Center