Garlinghouse Plaza, at the northeast corner of the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in the KU Gateway District, leads into the University of Kansas Conference Center and the Gate 6 entrance to the stadium. The conference center opened in October 2025.
This garden on the grounds of the Baehr Audio-Reader Center contains raised beds with fragrant herbs, flowers, and plants with distinctive textures — like Lambs Ear — that stimulate the senses and invite visitors to touch them. The garden includes a brick path accessible to wheelchair users and a pavilion on the south edge. The pavilion was built by KU architecture students, and the garden is maintained by volunteers. The garden is open to the public.
This small plaza between Wescoe Hall and Budig Hall/Hoch Auditoria is paved in brick and has three benches. Dedicated June 11, 2005, it is a gift from Dorothy Woodyard in honor of her brother, George Woodyard, professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese and first dean of International Studies (1989-96).
The Arthur D. Weaver Memorial Fountain Court on the south side of Spooner Hall was dedicated June 20, 1960, in memory of the longtime Lawrence department-store owner. It was the gift of son Arthur B. Weaver and daughter Amarette W. Veatch and their families.
A fountain near the center held a sculpture, and several others were mounted in the courtyard. One piece, "Portrait of August Renoir" by Aristide Malliol, was stolen in 1967; the others were removed to storage.
Chancellor Franklin Murphy and his two daughters “rediscovered” Pioneer Cemetery during a spring 1952 walk on undeveloped property west of Iowa Street and south of Irving Hill Road.
His interest piqued, he asked the KU Endowment Association to negotiate with the City of Lawrence to acquire the land, which the association did for $1 in May 1953.
This memorial, honoring 44 members of the university community who died in the Korean conflict, was dedicated April 16, 2005.
The brick and stone terrace overlooks Potter Lake west of the campanile. Its centerpiece is a 7-foot copper sculpture, “Korean Cranes Rising,” by design professor Jon Havener. The four entwined cranes, ancient symbols of peace in the Korean culture, represent the four nations in the conflict: the United States, China, North Korea and South Korea.
