Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Manship School of Mass Communication
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, March 23, 2019
1. Manship School of Mass Communication Marker
Memorial Hall, the home of the Manship School, is the oldest building on the campus. For many years known as Alumni Hall and later the Journalism Building, it was built on the old Baton Rouge campus in 1904 as a memorial to David French Boyd, the second president of LSU. It was rebuilt on this site in 1984.
Gift of Manship School Graduate Students
April 30, 1998.
Erected 1998 by Manship School Graduate Students.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.
Location. 30° 24.819′ N, 91° 10.953′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. Marker is on Fieldhouse Drive near North Stadium Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70803, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Tiger Walk at Victory Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Steve Van Buren (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jim Taylor (about 300 feet away); Y.A. Title (about 300 feet away); LSU Campus Mounds (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named LSU Campus Mounds (about 500 feet away);
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More about this marker. Mounted on Journalism Building.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, March 23, 2019
2. Manship School of Mass Communication Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2019.
