Browse Items (3 total)

The carving above the door is a dedication to William K. Bixby, for its with his generous donations that Washington University in St. Louis was able to commence the construction of the new building for the St. Louis School of Art.

The exterior of Bixby Hall today, largely unchanged since its initial construction.

Bixby Hall is characteristic of Beaux-Arts architecture, the classical decorative architecture associated with the L'Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Paris.