The University of Kansas’ Hoch Auditorium was the venue for celebrities like Bob Marley and John F. Kennedy before a devastating fire 94 years ago, now the building holds three lecture halls.

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 3, 1975:New rental rates were announced today for Kansas University’s Allen Fieldhouse and Hoch Auditorium. According to executive vice chancellor ...

We used to watch the Jayhawks in Hoch Auditorium when we were students at KU. At the time Otto Schnelbacher and Ray Evans played both basketball and football. We have been KU basketball fans since ...

Paul Markley, chief of the fire prevention division in the fire marshal’s office, said today that KU officials should have corrected the serious flaws in Hoch Auditorium, but he added that it ...

Recent concerns about the flammability of the stage curtains and ceiling in Hoch Auditorium had led to the decision by KU administrators. The celebration, begun in 1924, ...