The following is a list of the oldest buildings on Kansas college and university campuses, all of which were built prior to 1910. Twelve individual buildings and one complex of buildings are listed on the United States Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places.
Kansas State University has the most buildings on this list, with eleven. The list does not include buildings that were built elsewhere and subsequently relocated onto campuses, such as the Osborne Chapel at Baker University, which was built in England in 1864 and moved to the Baker campus in 1996.
Building | Photo | Location | Built | Notes/Source |
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Old Castle Hall | Baker University | 1858 | Original home to Baker University, now located east of the main campus. The building predates the creation of the State of Kansas by three years. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] | |
Stone House (now part of Hoeflin Stone House) | Kansas State University | 1866 | Originally built as a limestone house by the father of Samuel Wendell Williston in 1866, the walls of the original cabin are now just an interior decorative element in a much larger building. [2] | |
Tauy Jones Hall | Ottawa University | 1869 | It was gutted by fire in 1875 and rebuilt in 1876. [3] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
College Building / St. Pius X Hall | St. Mary's College | 1871 | All of the buildings on this list from the St. Mary's campus were built by an earlier college, also called St. Mary's, which opened in 1870 and closed in 1931. The earlier college has no affiliation with the current school. The current St. Mary's College opened for classes in 1979. [4] [5] | |
Parmenter Hall | Baker University | 1871 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [6] | |
Pulliam Center | Baker University | 1872 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [7] | |
Industrial Workshop (now part of Seaton Court) | Kansas State University | 1874 | The Industrial Workshop was one of two original educational buildings on the campus when Kansas State relocated to its current location in 1875. The building now forms a part of Seaton Court. [8] [9] | |
Holtz Hall | Kansas State University | 1876 | Oldest free-standing building on the Kansas State University campus. [8] [10] | |
Bishop Fink Hall | Benedictine College | 1878 | Included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Benedictine College Historic Complex. [11] | |
Anderson Hall | Kansas State University | 1879-1885 | Built and opened in three separate stages, starting in 1879. [8] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
Coppens Hall | St. Mary's College | 1883 | *The building is located on the St. Mary's campus, but it is currently used by the St. Mary's Academy (K-12) and not the college. [4] | |
Cooper Hall | Sterling College | 1887 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [12] | |
Powerhouse (now part of Hall Center for Humanities) | University of Kansas | 1887 | The arches from the 1887 structure serve as an exterior decorative element on the Hall Center, built in 2002. [13] | |
Suarez Hall | St. Mary's College | 1887 | *The building is located on the St. Mary's campus, but it is currently used by the St. Mary's Academy (K-12) and not the college. [4] | |
Davis Administration Building | Friends University | 1888 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [14] | |
McCabe Hall | St. Mary's College | 1888 | *The building is located on the St. Mary's campus, but it is currently used by the St. Mary's Academy (K-12) and not the college. [4] | |
Convent | St. Mary's College | 1890 | [4] | |
Library | St. Mary's College | 1891 | [4] | |
Administrative Building | Bethel College | 1893 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [15] | |
Ferrell Hall | Benedictine College | 1893 | Included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Benedictine College Historic Complex. [11] [16] | |
Goerz House | Bethel College | 1893 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [17] | |
Fairchild Hall | Kansas State University | 1894 | [8] [18] | |
Spooner Hall | University of Kansas | 1894 | Oldest free-standing building on the University of Kansas campus. [8] [19] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
Kedzie Hall | Kansas State University | 1897 | [8] [9] [20] | |
Hiawatha Hall | Haskell Indian Nations University | 1898 | [21] | |
Stauffer-Flint Hall | University of Kansas | 1899 | Built as the Fowler Shops for engineering students. [22] | |
Bailey Hall | University of Kansas | 1900 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [8] [19] | |
Holton Hall | Kansas State University | 1900 | [8] [23] | |
Kiva Hall | Haskell Indian Nations University | 1900 | [21] | |
One Room Schoolhouse | Emporia State University | 1900 | Officially named Dobbs School [8] | |
Dyche Hall | University of Kansas | 1903 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [8] [19] | |
Fiske Hall | Wichita State University | 1904 | [8] [24] | |
Picken Hall | Fort Hays State University | 1904 | [8] [25] | |
Lippincott Hall | University of Kansas | 1905 | [8] [19] | |
Martin Allen Hall | Fort Hays State University | 1905 | [8] | |
Beeghly Hall | McPherson College | 1906 | Originally built as a Carnegie library. [26] | |
Case Hall | Baker University | 1907 | [27] | |
Dickens Hall | Kansas State University | 1907 | [8] [9] | |
Greenhouse–Conservatory | Kansas State University | 1907 | [8] [28] | |
Loyola Hall | St. Mary's College | 1907 | [4] | |
Calvin Hall | Kansas State University | 1908 | [8] | |
Leasure Hall | Kansas State University | 1908 | [8] | |
Marvin Hall | University of Kansas | 1908 | [8] [19] | |
Russ Hall | Pittsburg State University | 1908 | [8] | |
Christy Administration Building | Southwestern College | 1909 | [29] |
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