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Budig Hall is an academic building on the main campus of the
Budig Hall is an academic building on the main campus of the University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...
in Lawrence, Kansas. The building houses one 1,000-seat lecture hall
A lecture hall (or lecture theatre) is a large room used for instruction, typically at a college or university. Unlike a traditional classroom with a capacity normally between one and fifty, the capacity of lecture halls is usually measured i ...
, two 500-seat lecture halls, and a computer lab.
Hoch Auditorium
Hoch Auditorium was a 5,500-seat multi-purposearena
An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...
on the same site. It featured traditional Collegiate Gothic architecture on the exterior, with a full performance hall inside. A basketball court could be placed parallel to the stage and temporary seating placed on the stage, behind the benches on the floor. The Auditorium was named for Edward W. Hoch, 17th Governor of Kansas, member of the Board of Regents, and University supporter. It was home to the Kansas Jayhawks basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
teams until Allen Fieldhouse
Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas. It is home of the Kansas Jayhawks men's and women's basketball teams. The arena is named after Phog Allen, a former player and head coach for the Jayhaw ...
opened in 1955.
In 1957, Andrew McKinley was the tenor soloist in the world premiere of Cecil Effinger
Cecil Effinger (July 22, 1914 – December 22, 1990) was an American composer, oboist, and inventor.
Life
Effinger was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, four months after composer Robert Arthur Gross was also born in that city; he resided ...
's oratorio
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is ...
''The Invisible Fire'' at Hoch Auditorium with the Kansas City Philharmonic under conductor Thor Johnson
Thor Martin Johnson (June 10, 1913 – January 16, 1975) was an American conductor. He was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was president of the Alpha Rho chapter of P ...
.
In 1967, Hoch Auditorium became the site of a fatal accident when 15-year-old Lorraine Kelvin of Clayton, Missouri fell from a catwalk while attending the University of Kansas Midwestern Music and Arts Camp.
On June 15, 1991, Hoch Auditorium caught fire after being struck by lightning. The auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theatres, the number of auditoria (or auditoriums) is expressed as the number of screens. Auditoria can be found in entertainment venues, community ...
and stage area were completely destroyed; only the limestone facade and lobby area were spared.
When reconstruction of the building was complete in 1997, the rear half of the building was named Budig Hall, for then KU Chancellor Gene Budig
Gene Arthur Budig (May 25, 1939September 8, 2020) was an American baseball executive and academic administrator. He was the last president of the American League (AL), serving from 1994 to 1999. After his tenure concluded, the presidencies of t ...
. The original name on the facade was made plural to reflect the presence of multiple auditorium-style lecture halls within the building: Hoch Auditoria.
See also
*List of oldest buildings on Kansas colleges and universities
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 ...
* – A full list of the homes of the men's basketball team
References
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