Louisiana College - Campus

Campus

Louisiana College is situated on an 81-acre (330,000 m2) campus in Pineville. The school has twenty-five academic and residential buildings, which include:

• Alexandria Hall, constructed in 1920. This building is home to most of the college's administrative offices, the human behavior department, the history and business departments, the teacher education department, and the English and languages department.
• Cavanaugh Hall of Science, built in 1969, contains offices, classrooms and laboratory facilities for the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics and nursing. The building was named in 1975 to honor Charles J. Cavanaugh, professor of biology from 1945 to 1977.
• Weathersby Fine Arts Building, completed in 1961 and completely renovated in 1993, contains the departments of art and music. The building features an exhibition gallery with adjacent storeroom and a 151-seat recital hall.
• Guinn Auditorium and Religious Education Center, built in 1973, is home to the religious studies department and contains the 300-seat Frances Bolton Chapel and the 1,800-seat Guinn Auditorium. The auditorium is home to the Gladys Tatum West pipe organ, a 185-rank, five manual Moeller organ, one of the largest pipe organs in the Southern United States. The building is named in honor of Dr. G. Earl Guinn, a past president of Louisiana College.
• Martin Performing Arts Center, built in 1992, houses the media communications, journalism, and theatre departments, a 400-seat black-box theatre, a television studio, and Radio KZLC, 95.5 MHz FM.
• H. O. West Physical Education Building, which contains a 4,800-seat gymnasium, a heated swimming pool, and the department of health and physical education.
• Norton Library, which contains more than 130,000 volumes, 174,000 government documents, 75,000 items in microfilm and subscribes to over 500 periodicals. The building was built in 1955.
• Tudor Hall, a men's residence hall that has a capacity of 168 men. The building was constructed in 1957.
• English Village, a men's apartment complex open to upperclassmen. It houses 92 students and is noted for its rustic architecture.
• Church Hall, a former Methodist church, renovated into a men's residence hall. Church Hall is open to upperclassmen and also houses the football fieldhouse, the security office and the information technology office.
• Cottingham Hall, a women's residence hall, is named in honor of Claybrook Cottingham, a native of Virginia, who was the LC president from 1910–1941, when he became the president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Built in 1940, Cottingham Hall houses three hundred women. It is the largest residential building on the campus. Oddly, another Cottingham Hall on the Louisiana Tech campus is a men's dormitory.
• College Drive Apartments, the newest building on the Louisiana College campus, being completed in 2001. This apartment building is open to upperclass women and can house 45.
• Hixson Student Center and Granberry Conference Center, constructed in 1997. This is the hub of student activities on the Louisiana College campus, housing the post office, a common area, a game room, various student life offices, a short-order restaurant, a computer lab, and the campus bookstore.