National Register of Historic Places

Strong Hall

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Listed
September 17, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
98001174

About this property

Strong Hall is an administrative hall at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. The hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. After 1900, rising enrollments overwhelmed the Old Fraser Hall, known at the time as the "university building", necessitating the construction of a new administration and academic center. Chancellor Frank H. Strong (1902–1920) began requesting financing from the Kansas Legislature for the new structure. Montrose Pallen McArdle, a St. Louis architectural company, was chosen to design the building that Strong and the regents anticipated would be "the center of the university architecture as well as the university life". Under the advisement of State Architect John Stanton, art professor William A. Griffith, and College Dean Olin Templin, McArdle designed a $500,000 classical Renaissance building that included pillars, a rotunda, an art gallery, and a classical museum. The Kansas Legislature objected to the scope and cost, and the designs were curtailed, while remnants of the original design vision remain; the building was ultimately finished in a Classical Revival style.

Location

213 Strong Hall, U. of Kansas, Jct. Jayhawk Dr. and Poplar Ln.
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
38.95982, -95.24694

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Strong Hall listed on the National Register?

Strong Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Strong Hall?

Strong Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Strong Hall is recorded as the industrial era.

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