Southern University Hotel

Southern University is one of the most beautiful university sites in the South and is located less than 10 miles from the Holiday Inn Baton Rouge South Hotel. The Baton Rouge Campus is located on Scott's Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of the City of Baton Rouge. The campus encompasses 512 acres, with an experimental station on an additional 372-acre site, located five miles north of the main campus.

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Southern University, with a dedicated and talented faculty of teacher-scholars consisting of approximately 500 persons, provides opportunities for students to do internships and summer assignments in industry and with the federal government. Southern provides advantages for intellectual and personal growth through training by the division of Military Science (Army ROTC) and Naval Science (Navy and Marine ROTC).

On May 20, 1999, the portion of the Southern University at Baton Rouge campus that borders the Mississippi River was designated as a National Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. The Old President’s Home (Archives Building) was previously designed as an historic site in 1981. The 10.5-acre district includes Riverside Hall, the three ROTC buildings, the Martin L. Harvey Auditorium, the Old President’s Home and the Clark gravesites (all located on G. Leon Netterville Drive).

Recognizing this area as an historic site represents a milestone in the history of the University, in that this site was home to a former plantation. When the University moved to Baton Rouge in 1914, there were twelve dilapidated plantation cabins, a barn, a tool house, and one habitable building on the site (possibly an overseer’s house built in 1870 – the current Archives Building). This structure served many functions, including a home for the president, conference center, president’s office, girls dormitory, dining hall, hospital, and social center and meeting place for the University Council.

Plans for the District center around creating a cultural and interpretive complex where visitors can enhance their knowledge of Southern University’s rich heritage and African and African-American culture.

For prospective students and visitors this campus offers a beautiful setting for a historic tour.

Visit the official website of Southern University for more information.