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

Inscription.
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. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bicentennial Oak (within shouting distance of this marker); The Tiger Walk at Victory Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Kevin Mawae (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alan Faneca (about 300 feet away); Steve Van Buren (about 300 feet away); Jim Taylor (about 300 feet away); Y.A. Title (about 300 feet away); Johnny Robinson (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

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 424 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2019.