The oldest building at Rockhurst University is now the greenest on campus.
When the doors of Sedgwick Hall first opened in 1914, the four-story, stone-block structure along Troost Avenue housed the college, the high school and residence for the Society of Jesus at the Jesuit institution here in Kansas City. Essentially, it was Rockhurst.
Beginning with the fall 2022 semester, Sedgwick Hall has become home to the new St. Luke's College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Rather than tear down the century-old center of academia, university officials opted instead to undergo a multiyear $23.5 million renovation, a project not only to preserve the campus landmark as a bridge between the school's past and future, but also to repurpose the building in a sustainable way.