Editing Kansas State University (section)

== Campus ==
{{See also|List of oldest buildings on Kansas colleges and universities}}
[[Image:KSU Bluemont Bell and Dickens.jpg|thumb|right|Bluemont Bell and Dickens Hall]]
The main campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan now covers {{convert|668|acre|km2}}. The campus is historic, featuring more [[List of oldest buildings on Kansas colleges and universities|buildings built before 1910]] than any other campus in Kansas. Holtz Hall, built in 1876, is the oldest free-standing building on campus.<ref name="Willard" /> However, the oldest building on campus is the original section of [[Seaton Hall]], which now forms Seaton Court, facing the courtyard of [[Hale Library]] and Eisenhower Hall. Originally named the Industrial Workshop, this section of Seaton Hall is the oldest remaining education building on the Manhattan campus.<ref name="Willard" />

The predominant architectural feature of the Manhattan campus is its use of native [[limestone]]. This includes the signature building at Kansas State University, [[Anderson Hall (Kansas State)|Anderson Hall]], developed in three stages between 1877 and 1885. Anderson Hall, now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], has housed the university's administrative offices for more than a century. Dickens Hall was constructed in 1908 and currently houses the statistics and philosophy departments. Although there are many historic building on the campus, since 1986 Kansas State has also added over two million square feet (186,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) of new buildings to the campus, including an expanded library, new art museum, and plant sciences building.

Several of the buildings on campus were heavily damaged by an EF4 [[tornado]] on [[June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence|June 11, 2008]]. Damage estimates totaled more than $20 million.<ref>[http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/2008/06/12/ Wichita Eagle-Beacon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721185651/http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/2008/06/12/ |date=July 21, 2011 }} ''Tornadoes rip Manhattan, KSU damage more than $20 million''</ref>

Since 2014, the Main campus has been under significant renovation to accommodate infrastructure changes. The campus is also adopting a more walking friendly atmosphere by closing off many small access roads to vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.k-state.edu/facilities/projects/projects/index.html|title=Construction Updates &#124; Campus Projects &#124; Division of Facilities &#124; Kansas State University|website=www.k-state.edu|access-date=November 30, 2019|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225022036/http://www.k-state.edu/facilities/projects/projects/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>