Laundry/Riverside Hall - Southern University Historic District - Baton Rouge, LA
N 30° 31.428 W 091° 11.908
15R E 672848 N 3378208
This 1930's brick structure was originally used as a dormitory. Now used by the university's ROTC program.
Waymark Code: WM86HH
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2010
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Southern University is located in the northern part of Baton Rouge, LA. Very close to the Metro Airport, the university is a beautiful campus and very safe place to visit.
This building is listed as building #1 on the inventory.
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A brief statement about the building is taken from the State of Louisiana Register page, located
here which states
1) Laundry/Riverside Hall (contributing) 1922, c. 1930. This brick structure was built in 1922 as a
one-story laundry. Some time before 1937 the building was renamed Riverside Hall. At that time
it was lengthened on its western end and a second story was added for use as a dormitory. A
new parapet (similar to that on the Machine Shop) was also added. That parapet is stepped, has
brick coping, and features five simple brick panels on its facade. The building also has string
courses composed of bricks laid in soldier courses. First floor transoms and one window have
been infilled with wood and several rear windows have received brick infill. Furthermore, the
facade door appears to have been changed and the canopy above this entrance seems to be a
later addition. Like the buildings described below, this structure currently serves the university’s
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.