Bexley and Colburn Halls

Bexley is a study in visual contrasts, a two-course feast for the eyes. Outside, the stately grace of old brick dominates, for this is one of Kenyon's landmark "castles," anchoring the north end of Middle Path as Old Kenyon anchors the mile-long pathway on the south. Inside, the look is contemporary, colorful, eclectic, provocative, and always fascinating, for Bexley is the home of the College's studio art faculty. The hallways, offices, and studios here—and in adjoining Colburn Hall as well as the nearby Mayer Art Center—are filled with works-in-progress in every medium. Drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art, video art, installation art: students may create works in all of these forms, in classes taught by professors who are accomplished artists themselves.

Bexley Hall Fast Facts
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Bexley Hall Fast Facts

Built: 1839-58

Named for: Nicholas Vansittart, Lord Bexley, an early English benefactor of the College

Original use: Seminary

Current use: Department of Art office, art faculty offices, art classrooms, studios for art majors.

Historical notes: For more than a century, this building was the home of the seminary known as Bexley Hall. Kenyon was founded in 1824 as both a college and a seminary, with the aim of training Episcopal clergy for America's western frontier. For most of their joint history, however, the College and seminary operated as separate institutions under the same president. Bexley Hall seminary moved to Rochester, New York, in 1968.

Offices and Departments in Bexley