Lippincott Hall

What is today Lippincott Hall was originally Green Hall and named in honor of inaugural law school dean James Woods Green who is immortalized in the statue at the front entrance. The building was constructed to accommodate a law school that had been using several buildings and saw increased enrollment required them. Construction on Green Hall began in 1904, and the building was dedicated on November 3, 1905. The building was rechristened Lippincott Hall in 1977 when the law school to the new Green Hall. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and contains the Wilcox Classics Museum.

Prior to the construction of Green (Lippincott) Hall in 1904, the University of Kansas law school moved frequently. Under the leadership of their dear dean James Woods ‘Uncle Jimmy’ Green, the school of law bounced from old Fraser Hall a building known as old North College, and then Blake Hall. In 1904, the Regents provided $50,000 to support the construction of a law school. The building was named Green Hall after a 1905 petition of law students to the Board of Regents.

In the postwar period, Green Hall saw overcrowding which was finally addressed with the construction of New Green Hall which opened for classes on October 17, 1977. The former Green Hall was renamed Lippincott Hall after former chancellor Joshua Lippincott. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and today holds KU’s Wilcox Classics museum, Indigenous studies program, and applied English program.

McCool, John H. n.d. “Eminent Domain” KU Memorial Union. Accessed July 17, 2023.

"Lippincott Hall", Historic Mount Oread, http://www.jayhawks.com/hmof/landmarks/lippincott.shtml

“Lippincott Hall.” KU Directory of Places, https://places.ku.edu/buildings/lippincott-hall