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WALKING TOUR
Jayhawk Boulevard
FRASER HALL FR (1967)
STYLE:
Modern NAMED FOR: KU’s
second chancellor, John Fraser.
The building adjoins the site of,
and replaced, “Old Fraser,” KU’s
first large academic building, which
opened in 1872. Modern Fraser’s
two towers, topped by flagpoles, are
visible for miles. Fraser houses the
departments of psychology and its
clinic, anthropology, and sociology.
“The Pioneer,” the first sculpture KU
owned, is sited near the south doors.
WATSON LIBRARY WATS (1924)
STYLE: Collegiate Gothic NAMED FOR: Carrie
Watson, KU librarian from 1887 to 1921. The
flagship of KU’s seven libraries, Watson
houses social sciences, humanities, education,
journalism, and social welfare collections; a
conservation laboratory; computer classrooms;
and a gallery. Public parking is available
weekdays in the Mississippi Street Parking
Garage (north of the Kansas Union) and
weekends along Lilac Lane.
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STAUFFER-FLINT HALL STFL (1898)
STYLE: Romanesque NAMED FOR: Topeka
media magnate Oscar Stauffer and longtime
journalism professor Leon N. Flint. Built as
shops and studios for engineering students,
who moved in 1949, the Oread limestone
building is now home to the journalism school
named for alumnus William Allen White.
MARVIN HALL MAR (1909)
WESCOE HALL WES (1973)
STYLE:
Modernist NAMED FOR: KU’s 10th
chancellor, W. Clarke Wescoe. Humanities
departments such as English, classics, French,
and history were scattered all over campus
until this building was completed, and they
congregated here. It has a food court, the
Underground, on its lower level.
BUDIG HALL BUD (1997)
Collegiate Gothic NAMED FOR: KU’s 14th
chancellor, Gene Budig. University Auditorium
(1927) — containing KU’s first basketball
court — was originally on this site and was
renamed in 1938 for Kansas Gov. Edward W.
Hoch. It was struck by lightning and burned in
June 1991. Some elements of the façade were
reused when it was rebuilt to house
multimedia auditoria, classrooms, and the
Center for Teaching Excellence.
STYLE:
Collegiate Gothic NAMED FOR: James
Marvin, KU’s third chancellor, and his son,
Frank Marvin, first dean of engineering. This
was the original home of the School of
Engineering, now housed in Learned Hall; it’s
now home to the School of Architecture &
Design. In 2013-14, KU Studio 804 architecture
graduate students designed and constructed
The Forum, a 120-seat lecture hall and
commons area, on the building’s south side.
STYLE:
LINDLEY HALL LIN (1943)
STYLE: Art Moderne NAMED FOR: KU’s seventh
chancellor, Ernest Lindley. The bas-relief figures
over the doors are by sculpture professor
Bernard Frazier and acknowledge the earth
sciences housed here. A monument to the
Oregon Trail, which crossed the Hill here, is
near Jayhawk Boulevard.
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