Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
General facts about the building:
• Built from 1929-1930
• Built for $600,000 including equipment
• Built out of Indiana limestone and Woodbury granite – on the exterior
Interior: most expensive and finest building material (travertine)
• Donated by Fred Morgan Kirby
• Library upstairs – house 48 students, 10,000 books for research in government and law
Paneled in oak
20 ft. – high ceilings
• Political Science Museum in the basement

EXTERIOR: MAIN ENTRANCE
BUST of “The Republic”
• Above the main entrance doors
• Symbolizes the French Revolution and classicism

PEDIMENT FIGURES:
• Government and Law
• “Hall of Civil Rights”
• Eagle/United States symbol

RIGHT SIDE OF PEDIMENT: Government
• Crown of authority – oak leaves for strength
• Resting upon the books of the Common Law

LEFT SIDE OF PEDIMENT: Law
• Holding the Mosaic tablets
• Hold scales of justice
• Scrolls of Roman law to side
• Wears the laurel crown of glory
• Owl for Wisdom

WEST FACE: WEST WINDOWS
• Seals of the 13 colonies draping the arch of the window
• Underneath: the seal of the United States (Eagle & E Pluribus Unum)
• Seal is flanked by colloquial symbols of the leading political parties (Donkey and the Elephant)

EAST FACE: EAST WINDOW
• Surrounding the center East window are symbols pertinent to the American struggle for independence
• Tudor roses – referring to the English origins of the American Constitution
• Alternating with fleur-de-lis which represent our connection to the French

LOBBY/INTERIOR MAIN ENTRANCE
• Lobby and broad staircase constructed of travertine (one of the finest and most expensive materials available
• Bronze portrait busts are of American Heroes