From the National Register application:
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"Green Hall, the home of the law school of the University of Kansas, is a two-story building with a basement (located in the center of the campus. It faces south along Jayhawk Drive, and is approximately 60 feet wide and 120 feet long. The most significant element is a classical temple portico entry on the south facade extending from the street to the roof.
The exterior is essentially an example of a 19th century application of the Greco-Roman style of architecture. The exterior material was different at the time of construction from any other material used on the campus. It is pressed brick with columns and cornices of terra-cotta. Large smooth cut limestone quoins are used in a stack pattern at the building's corner. Around the perimeter of the building is a classical cornice, a composite of Ionic and Corinthian elements. The massive portico columns are fluted Roman Ionic with Attic bases and Ionic capitals. The corners and roof ridge over the portico are capped by carved stone detailed elements. In form the room is a combined hip and gable with slate shingles. The windows are all similar style tall slender rectangles with heavy stone lintels.
The interior is used as classrooms and offices. Walls are mainly masonry set off by quarter-sawed oak, and there is a marble paved vestibule.
A seven-story stack library addition has been built on to Green Hall. The new addition sits in the rear of the building and is connected only by a covered walkway on the second and third floors of the building.
A statue of James Green, the first dean of the law school, was placed in front of the portico entry in 1924.
The exterior is basically as it was originally except for the addition to the rear. The addition is not visible from the front of the building."
From the Kansas University website:
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"Originally called Green Hall to honor Dean James Woods Green, dean of the law school, the Greco-Roman style building was constructed to house the School of Law in 1904. Site selection was in accordance with the landscape architect George Kesler's 1904 long-range campus plan, which called for new buildings to be situated along the ridge of Mount Oread, now Jayhawk Boulevard. The statue of James Green by Daniel Chester French that stands in front of the building was unveiled in 1924. (see "Jimmy Green") A late addition was built at the back of Green.
Law students met in Green Hall for seven decades and created a tradition of congregating on the front steps to observe students walk past. According to contemporary accounts, their comments caused women students to detour to the opposite side of the street.
In 1973 Green was added to the National Register of Historic Places. A new law building was constructed along 15th Street in 1977 and was also named Green Hall. The old Green was renamed Lippincott in 1979, to honor Joshua A. Lippincott, KU chancellor from 1883 to 1889. The building now houses the Wilcox Classical Museum and the offices of Study Abroad.
The Wilcox Collection in Lippencott Hall features plaster casts of ancient Greek statues. The collection was originally housed for use by art and art history students in Old Fraser Hall. The Boston Cast Company, founded by Pietro and Emilio Caproni, still makes the statues for a cost of $5,000 a piece."