Stauffer - Flint Hall

The building houses the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications; administrative and faculty offices; classrooms; the Bremner Editing Center; the Kansas Scholastic Press Association; the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism; the Kansas Journalism Institute, and the William Allen White Foundation.

A $5 million renovation in 2019 created a new plaza and front door and extensive remodeling of the first and third floors of Stauffer-Flint Hall. The first floor contains the student newspaper, the University Daily Kansan, Media Crossroads, and KUJH News. The first floor also includes a 39-foot ticker that displays news and events and large screen monitors that broadcast national, local, and student media news programs.

The third floor of Stauffer-Flint, which held tightly configured faculty offices and a conference room, was renovated into an open-concept classroom space and an updated conference room. The renovation project also addressed some critical maintenance and safety needs for the building.

The hall was built in 1897-98 with a $21,000 gift from George A. Fowler, a Kansas City meatpacker and rancher, in honor of his father. Kansas City architects Walter C. Root and George W. Siemens designed the Oread limestone building, distinguished by a tower at the east end, as shops and studios for engineering students.

In 1949 a new shop was built south of Marvin and Lindley halls on Naismith Drive. The original building was remodeled, and the School of Journalism and the University Press moved in 1952 from the decrepit Chemistry/Medical Hall (“the Shack”) near Watson Library, which they had occupied since 1923. The building was renamed in honor of longtime journalism professor Leon N. Flint, department chair 1916-41.



The journalism department was established in the College in 1909; Flint had helped initiate the program in 1903. In 1945 the department was named the William Allen White School of Journalism & Public Information in honor of the late Emporia publisher/editor and KU alumnus.

In 1981 Topeka media magnate Oscar Stauffer donated $1 million for a complete renovation designed by Gould Evans Associates of Lawrence; the building was renamed to honor him as well as Flint in 1982.