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WALKING TOUR
Jayhawk Boulevard
OREAD
AVE
NAISMITH DR
Potter
Lake
Vietnam War
Memorial
Chi Omega
Fountain
AL
Korean War
RI
Memorial MEMO
Memorial
Campanile
DR
KSUN
SRL
Marvin
Grove
ST
MAR
NAISMITH DR
RIT
EEEC
CHAL
SLAW
BUD
DYC
Victory
Eagle
JAY
H
AW
K
SMI
SMA
SNOW
LIN
13TH ST
BLV
D
14TH ST
LIPP
BA
SMI
DANF
WES
FR
STFL
S
UN
FL WATS
OW
ER
RD
MUR
KANSAS UNION KSUN (1927)
STYLE: Collegiate Gothic
The university community mounted a fund
drive after World War I that financed Memorial
Stadium; the “Uncle Jimmy Green” statue; and
this building, a meeting, entertainment, and
dining center that has been expanded several
times. union.ku.edu
SMITH HALL SMI (1967)
The University of Kansas
Historic District and East
Historic District, both on the
National Register of Historic
Places, are featured in this
walking tour of Jayhawk
Boulevard. Scholarship halls,
the chancellor’s residence,
and Danforth Chapel are
main elements of the East
Historic District. A map of
the Lawrence campus is on
pages 25-26.
STRONG HALL ST (1924)*
STYLE:
Classical Revival NAMED FOR: KU’s sixth
chancellor, Frank Strong. The administration
building was completed in three stages — east
wing, west wing, center — over 13 years. The
chancellor, the College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences, and Student Affairs have offices here.
The “Academic Jayhawk” in front was by
sculpture professor Elden C. Tefft.
BAILEY HALL BA (1900)*
STYLE: Romanesque NAMED FOR: Professor
E.H.S. Bailey, beloved chemistry professor who
taught at KU for 50 years and who created the
Rock Chalk Chant for a science club in 1886.
Chemistry, pharmacy, and education have been
housed here in the past; several liberal arts
programs and study centers are now based here.
STYLE:
Modernist
Donor Irma I. Smith. The religious
studies building is distinguished by two large
images from the university seal: a statue of
Moses by sculpture professor Elden C. Tefft and
a stained-glass window, “Burning Bush.”
NAMED FOR:
SPOONER HALL SP (1894)*
STYLE:
Romanesque Revival NAMED FOR:
Philanthropist William B. Spooner, uncle of
Chancellor Francis H. Snow. This was KU’s first
library, then an art museum; it’s now a
multidisciplinary commons. The sculpture in
front, “Water Carrier” by Craig Dan Goseyun,
marks the building’s centennial. Note the
sculpture of an owl, symbolizing wisdom, at the
peak of the front façade.
DANFORTH CHAPEL DANF (1947)
DYCHE HALL DYC (1902)*
STYLE:
Venetian Romanesque NAMED FOR:
Professor Lewis Lindsay Dyche. This building
still houses part of a diorama created by Dyche
— naturalist, taxidermist, and explorer — for
the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago. It is home to
the Natural History Museum and the
Biodiversity Research Center.
STYLE: Gothic Revival NAMED FOR: Donor
William H. Danforth, a St. Louis philanthropist
who funded similar chapels through the United
States. Much of the stonework was by German
masons from a prisoner of war camp near
Lawrence. The nondenominational chapel is
popular for weddings.
silc.ku.edu/danforth-chapel
ku.edu
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