Monday, March 19, 2012

Rockhurst


Not far from the Nelson-Atkins Museum is Rockhurst University, founded in 1910 by the Jesuits.  Most buildings in the area built of limestone, a natural resource found in Kansas City.

8 comments:

cieldequimper said...

Impressive entrance. I like this stone !

Tanya Breese said...

nice! very labor intensive!

Sharon said...

This so looks like the sturdy buildings I grew up around in Illinois. I like them.

Taken For Granted said...

Wonder how the school is doing. Small colleges are struggling for survival now.

RedPat said...

Love the look of the building.

Teresa said...

If those pillars could talk!...nice pics!

Randy said...

Nice looking buildings.

Halcyon said...

I love the limestone. It's so stately!