Kirby Hall is one of the historic buildings dating back to the original Whateley Academy. It is a barrel shaped[1] Tudor style building not really fitting with any other building on campus,[2] located on the east side of campus, on the other side of Whateley Boulevard from Dunn Hall about 100 yards to the south[1][3] and houses the rivaling Mystic Arts and Psychic Arts Departments.
While the introductory mystic classes and the psychic classes are taught above ground in Kirby Hall proper the advanced mystic classes are taught below ground. Kirby Hall proper and the underground rooms together are called Kirby Complex.
The entrance door to the underground part is concealed by magic and there is a rule against taking persons past the door who can't find it themselves, being able to find the class rooms functioning as a de facto prerequisite for taking advanced classes. Due to the intense rivalry between the departments both students and teachers of the psychic arts program have tried to locate this entrance, without success. They suspect the Mystic Arts Department to have more, larger and better equipped class rooms than they have, a suspicion that is entirely correct.[4] Beyond the advanced class rooms the underground part of Kirby Complex also houses the Mystic Arts department library and the teachers’ lounge.
Trivia[]
The name Kirby Hall is a nod towards Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk and many other characters. Whom the administration of the original Whateley Academy named the building after is unclear.