MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CAMPUS MAP

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CAMPUS MAP
1. Samuel T. Graves Hall
2.Joseph T. Robert Hall/Post Office
3. Sale Hall Annex
4. Sale Hall
5a. John Hope Hall
5b. John H. Hopps Jr. Technology Tower
6. Charles Merrill Hall
7. Benjamin E. Mays National Memorial
8. William H. Danforth Chapel
9. Triplex 10. Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Hall
11. Physical Plant
12. Wiley A. Perdue Residence Hall
13.B.R. Brazeal Hall/James B. Ellison College Infirmary
14.Franklin L. Forbes Arena
15. Samuel H. Archer Hall
16a. Kilgore Residence Hall
16b. Thomas Kilgore Jr. Campus Center
17. Campus Police
18a. Chivers/Lane Dining Hall
18b. Benjamin E. Mays Hall
19. LLC Residence Hall
20.Charles D. Hubert Residence Hall
21. W.E.B. DuBois Residence Hall
22.Frederick Douglass Resource/Archives Center
23. William Jefferson White Residence Hall
24. Claude B. Dansby Hall
25. Tennis Courts
26. Benjamin G. Brawley Hall
27. John H. Wheeler Hall
28. Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard Security Booth
29. Physical Plant Maintenance Building
30. B.T. Harvey Stadium/Edwin Moses Track
31a. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
31b. Gloster Hall
32. Howard Thurman National Obelisk
33.Martin Luther King Jr. Statue
34.Walter E. Massey Leadership Center
35. Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center
36.Gloster Hall Annex
37a. Parking Deck
37b. Morehouse Bookstore
37c. Jazzman’s/Freshens/Papa John’s
38. Westview Security Gate
39.The Visitors Center
40.The Ray Charles Performing Arts Center
40a. Aretha Robinson Hall
41.Campus Police
42a. Davidson House (Fair Street Entrance)
42b. Davidson House (Milton Street Entrance)
43. ROTC Building
44. Otis Moss Jr. Residential Suites
45. TRIO Program
46. Century Campus
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Robert W. Woodruff Library
Located near campus on James B. Brawley Drive, the Robert
W. Woodruff Library is designed to serve the instructional,
informational and research needs for member institutions
of the Atlanta University Center Consortium, the world’s
largest and oldest consortium of Historically Black Colleges
and Universities. The institutions that make up the Atlanta
University Center Consortium are Clark Atlanta University,
Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and
Spelman College.
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MEMORIALS/MAIN CAMPUS AREAS
BUILDINGS
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel (31a)
Benjamin Elijah Mays National Memorial (7)
The Martin Luther King Jr. International
Chapel serves as the “living room” of historic
Morehouse College. The Chapel seeks
to develop and promote clergy, laity and
youth awakening through reconciliation,
non-violence, science, spirituality and the building of global
“communities of hope.” The Chapel is the world’s most
prominent religious memorial to alumnus Martin Luther
King Jr. ’48.
Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays was laid to rest on
the Morehouse campus in 1984. A memorial
in honor of Mays is on the College’s Century
Campus, site of Morehouse’s Commencement
exercises. Mays, considered the architect of
Morehouse’s reputation for academic excellence, served as
president of Morehouse from 1940 to 1967.
Martin Luther King Jr. Statue (33)
The King Statue, located on the King Chapel
plaza, is the only statue in the state of
Georgia honoring Martin Luther King Jr. ’48. It
was dedicated in May 1984 and has become the
photo opportunity hotspot for thousands of
campus visitors.
International Hall of Honor (31a)
The International Hall of Honor, located
in the Martin Luther King Jr. International
Chapel, honors persons from the 20th and
21st centuries who have made significant
contributions to civil and human rights.
The Howard Thurman National Obelisk (32)
The Howard Thurman National Obelisk
honors a man known as a forerunner in the
interdenominational religious movement.
Thurman, a 1923 graduate of Morehouse, served
as a teacher and preacher at Morehouse and
Spelman colleges.
Century Campus (46)
The Century Campus is the College’s historic
center. The beautiful green space annually
serving as the site for Commencement
exercises.
The Visitors Center (39)
The Visitors Center houses the offices of
Recruitment and Admissions, Alumni Relations
and Communications. Guided tours of the
campus begin in this building.
Davidson House (42a)
Davidson House serves as the executive center
of Morehouse College. Named for alumnus
Robert C. Davidson Jr. ’67, the house
serves as a venue for meetings, conferences
and fund-raising activities, as well as the residence of the
president of the College. (Not open for tours.)
Gloster Hall (31b)
EATERIES
SPORTS VENUES
Kilgore Campus Center (16b)
Chivers/Lane Dining Hall (18a)
Forbes Arena (14)
Named in honor of civil rights activist and
Morehouse alumnus the Rev. Thomas Kilgore Jr. ’35,
the center is a multipurpose building that houses the
President’s Dining Room, a snack bar, a game room,
a student lounge, guest quarters and administrative offices.
The dining hall offers buffet dining. Included
are a grill, salad bar, deli, pizza station and
more. It is open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and for brunch and dinner
on Saturday and Sunday.
Walter E. Massey Leadership Center (34)
Jazzman’s/Freshens/Papa John’s (37c)
This 70,000-square-foot facility houses the
Division of Business Administration and
Economics, the Andrew Young Center for Global
Education, and the Emma and Joe Adams Public
Service Institute. The building features state-ofthe-art technology that promotes collaboration among students,
faculty, staff and administration.
The campus coffee shop provides a unique
selection of coffees, smoothies, gourmet baked
goods, specialty sandwiches, salads and pizza.
Jazzman’s is open Monday through Friday, 7
a.m. to 8 p.m. and is closed on weekends. Freshens/Papa John’s
is open Monday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m to 11 p.m.,
Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8
p.m., and Sunday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Named in honor of Morehouse coach and
administrator Franklin L. Forbes, the arena
is a 6,000-seat facility that was built as part
of the $51-million investment in the Atlanta
University Center by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games. The arena is home for the basketball team, the athletic
department offices and the Department of Kinesiology, Sports
Studies and Physical Education.
The Morehouse College Tennis Courts is a
world-class facility that is home to the Morehouse
tennis team, the annual Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference Mens and Womens Tennis
Tournament and informal play by faculty, staff and students.
The Morehouse College Bookstore (37b)
Archer Hall (15)
Honoring former Morehouse President Dr. Hugh
M. Gloster ’31 (1967-1987), the building houses
the main administrative offices of the College,
including the offices of the president and his
cabinet. The building is also home to the offices of Admissions,
Financial Aid, Records and Registration and Human Resources.
Gloster’s memorial is outside the building.
Named after the College’s former first lady,
Shirley A. Massey, the Executive Conference
Center houses conference room space, a number
of seminar rooms, an atrium area used for
receptions, and the Bank of America Auditorium.
Graves Hall (1)
The Ray Charles Performing Arts Center (40)
Honoring Samuel T. Graves, the second
president of Morehouse College (1885-1890),
Graves Hall is the oldest building on campus. It
was the site of the entire school when it moved
to Atlanta from Augusta.
Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center (35)
The 76,000-square-foot center for music
teaching and performance is a $20-million
facility that houses the Department of Music,
the Emma and Joe Adams Concert Hall, 12
faculty studios, nine practice rooms, a digital/analog recording
studio, and rehearsal space for the Morehouse College
Marching Band and the Morehouse College Glee Club.
The bookstore sells student textbooks, clothing,
periodicals and electronics, as well as drinks
and snacks. Tickets to various campus events
are also sold at the bookstore. The bookstore is
open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is closed on Sunday.
Morehouse College Tennis Courts (25)
Named after the fifth president of Morehouse
College, Samuel Howard Archer, Archer Hall
holds the College’s recreational facilities, including
a gymnasium, swimming pool and game room.
The gymnasium seats 1,000 people.
B.T. Harvey Stadium/Edwin Moses Track (30)
Morehouse’s stadium is named in honor of
Burwell Towns Harvey, the most successful
athletics coach in Morehouse history. He coached
Maroon Tiger teams in football, basketball and
baseball for 13 years. The track is named in honor of Morehouse
alumnus and Olympic track star Edwin Moses ’78.
THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL, built in 1889 and featuring
a 14-karat gold dome, is home to Georgia’s state
government. The capitol is open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. 206 Washington Street, S.W.
(404) 656-2844.
THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM is the world’s largest aquarium,
with eight million gallons of fresh and marine water, and
more than 100,000 animals representing 500 species
from around the world. The Aquarium is open Monday
through Saturday and there is an admission fee. 225
Baker Street. (404) 581-4000.
FERNBANK SCIENCE MUSEUM is a world of dinosaurs,
artifacts, interactive science exhibits, an IMAX theater
and more. The museum is open seven days a week.
There is an admission fee. 156 Heaton Park Drive, N.E.
(404) 929-630.
ZOO ATLANTA is home to various species of animals from
around the world. The zoo is open seven days a week and
there is an admission fee. 800 Cherokee Avenue, S.E. (404)
624-WILD (9453).
UNDERGROUND ATLANTA is six acres of shopping, eateries
and nightlife. The Underground is open seven days a week.
There is no admission fee, but there are fees for guided tours.
50 Upper Atlanta Street. (404) 230-1786.
TURNER FIELD is home to MLB’s Atlanta Braves and features
the Braves Museum and the Braves Hall of Fame. Home
games take place April through September. Tours are
available year round, except when the Braves have afternoon
home games. There is an admission fee. 755 Hank Aaron
Drive. (404) 614-2311.
PHILIPS ARENA/GEORGIA DOME/GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS
CENTER is home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the NFL’s
Atlanta Falcons. It is one of the nation’s most popular
convention centers. Located west of the intersection of
Marietta Street and Centennial Olympic Park Drive. Philips
Arena, (404) 878-3000. Georgia Dome, (404) 223-9200.
Georgia World Congress Center, (404) 223-4000.
Morehouse has been ranked among the nations top three historically black
colleges and universities by U.S. News and World Report magazine every
year since 2007.
Morehouse College is the first historically black
college or university (HBCU) to produce a Rhodes
scholar. The school has produced a total of three
Rhodes Scholars, one of only two HBCUs to do so.
The Warren G. Buffet Foundation gave $1 million in 2013 to start the Rugari
Scholars Program, which provides full scholarships to students from the Great
Lakes Region in Africa. The students are to obtain leadership skills to take
back to the region once they graduate.
The Morehouse College Forensics Program has
won three national championships since 2013 and
is the only historically black college or university
debate team to have ever participated in the World
Universities Debate Championship.
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CNN CENTER is home to CNN networks, as well as
shopping venues and eateries. . The center is open seven
days a week. 55-minute guided tour of CNN operations
operate daily. There is a fee for tours and reservations
are recommended. 190 Marietta Street, N.W. (404)
827-2300.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
includes The King Center, Freedom Hall, Ebenezer Baptist
Church and the birth home of civil rights leader and 1948
Morehouse alumnus, Martin Luther King Jr. Open seven days
a week. There is no admission fee. 449-450 Auburn Avenue.
(404) 331-5190.
orehouse College is an academic incubator where the best of the past
and the future converge to create a one-of-a-kind academic village. The
ageless words of Martin Luther King Jr., a 1948 alumnus, are inscribed
on the walls of the chapel named in his honor. The steady gaze of Benjamin E.
Mays—the College’s sixth president who was credited with being the architect of
the school’s international reputation for excellence—peers across the manicured
lawn of Century Campus where, each spring, approximately 500 predominantly
African American men graduate. Historically, Morehouse has graduated more
African American men than any college in the nation.
CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK is a unique, 21-acre
park that serves as Georgia’s lasting legacy from the
Centennial Olympic Games. Free community events are
held throughout the year. There is no admission fee.
Centennial Olympic Park Drive. (404) 222-PARK (7275).
Morehouse College is the home
of a 13,000-piece collection
of the writings, books and
other memorabilia of alumnus
Martin Luther King Jr. ’48. The
acquisition forever links the
College to the legacy of the
nation’s most renowned civil
and human rights leader and
seals its place in history as an
important civil rights site.
In December 2013, The Woodruff Foundation
donated Morehouse $5 million to renovate the
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel,
which was built in 1978 and is the world’s most
prominent religious edifice built in honor of King.
In 2013, the Morehouse College athletic program
was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference’s most successful program. It was
the fifth time within six years that Morehouse
athletes earned that honor.
For only the second time in Georgia’s history, a U.S. president delivered a
commencement address at an institution in the state when President Barack
Obama was Morehouse’s commencement speaker in May 2013.
In January 2013, Morehouse became the
first historically black college or university
to partner with the Stamps Family
Charitable Foundation, one of the nation’s
most renewed merit scholarship programs.
Only 300 students at 24 colleges and
universities are in the program, which has
produced two Rhodes Scholars since 2004.
The Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies Program launched in
2012. The program prepares students to be storytellers and media consumers
of film and television and offers them a foundation for graduate-level study
and/or professional careers in the industry.
Morehouse is a member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium, along
with Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of
Medicine. That means our students have all the advantages of a small-college
experience—a small student/teacher ratio, a mentoring culture—while enjoying
the diversity and energy of a university-like setting.
HERNDON HOME is the residence of the former slave and
business owner Alonzo Hendon, founder of Atlanta Life
Insurance Company and Atlanta’s first black millionaire.
Guided tours are conducted hourly, Tuesday through Saturday.
There is an admission fee. 587 University Place. (404) 5819813.
The College’s sprawling 66-acre campus sits in the heart of Atlanta, a dynamic
international city that is home to many popular cultural attractions, including The
King Center, the Georgia Aquarium, Centennial Olympic Park and the CNN Center.
Atlanta is also a college town with students attending a number of institutions such as
Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State, Oglethorpe and Agnes Scott.
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER is located in the Buckhead
district in one of the Southeast’s largest history
museums. The center includes a research library and
archives and two historic houses, including the Margaret
Mitchell House and Museum. There is an admission fee.
130 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. (404) 814-4000.
From producing the first Rhodes scholar from a historically black
college or university to its historical significance in the civil rights
movement, Morehouse College is worth a closer look…
MOREHOUSE MILESTONES
All of these elements come together to create a collegiate environment uniquely
suited to develop global leaders who will change their communities, the nation and
the world. On this historic campus, the iconic leader of the civil rights movement
was inspired, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker directed his first major production,
the first Rhodes scholar from a historically black college was named, and countless
black men accepted the call to become more than men, but Morehouse Men.
ATLANTA ATTRACTIONS
VISITOR PARKING
From the North/Downtown
From I-75/85 South to I-20 West. Take Exit 55B, which
is Lee Street/Ft. McPherson/Atlanta University Center.
Turn right at the traffic light onto Lee Street (which
turns into Westview Drive) and proceed two blocks to
the campus.
Parking for campus visitors is
available in the parking deck
located on Westview Drive on
campus.
From the South/Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport
From I-75/85 North to I-20 West. Take Exit 55B, which is
Lee Street/Ft. McPherson/Atlanta University Center. Turn
right at the traffic light onto Lee Street (which turns into
Westview Drive) and proceed two blocks to the campus.
From the East
From I-20 West. Take Exit 55B, which is Lee Street/
Ft. McPherson/Atlanta University Center. Turn right
at the traffic light onto Lee Street (which turns into
Westview Drive)
From the West
From I-20 East. Take Exit 55A, which is Joseph E. Lowery
Blvd./West End. Turn left onto Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. and
proceed through four traffic lights. At the fourth traffic
light, turn right onto West End Avenue. Turn left at next
light, which is Westview Drive, and proceed to campus.
Office of Admissions and Recruitment Office of the Registrar
Office of Financial Aid
Office of Student Accounts
Office of Alumni Relations
Office of Communications
Division of Business Administration and Economics
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Division of Science and Mathematics
Campus Post Office
Student Health Center
Campus Police
Atlanta Police/Medical/Fire and Rescue
Individuals with special needs
should ask the officer at the
main entrance for assistance or
call the Parking Office at 404614-3793 or Campus Police at
404-215-2666.
Parking Rates
1 - 20 minutes 21 minutes to
59 minutes
1 – 2 hours 2 hours – 24 hours
After hours & weekends Lost ticket Free
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00 *
$2.00
$3.00
(*Rates repeat after 24 hours)
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
(404) 215-2632
(404) 681-6504
(404) 215-6638
(404) 681-2800 ext. 3256
(404) 215-2658
(404) 215-2680
(404) 215-2618
(404) 507-8683
(404) 215-2629
(404) 215-2663
(404) 215-2637
(404) 215-2666
911
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830 WESTVIEW DRIVE, S.W. • ATLANTA, GA 30314 • (404) 681-2800 • www.morehouse.edu
Men of Morehouse are educated in facilities that are equipped with the latest
technological advances for 21st-century learning, such as the Walter E. Massey
Leadership Center’s smart boards and the state-of-the-art digital music
laboratory in the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center.
DIRECTIONS
Only visitors with campusissued parking permits may
park on the inner campus.
MOREHOUSE
Campus Visitors Guide