Atkinson Hall stands on the Quad at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The campus building inventory dates it to 1924 and lists Theodore C. Link as its designer. It is a contributing building in the National Register listing for the LSU campus. It is named for Thomas W. Atkinson, LSU president from 1926 to 1931.
The hall is two stories of stucco over masonry. A two-story loggia marks the central block, with double Tuscan columns below and double columns in place of piers under the arches above. A two-stage campanile with a domed cupola rises over it. A student newspaper notes its archways and balcony.
An LSU history says the architectural engineering curriculum of 1947 was housed in Atkinson Hall. The college's design pages place the School of Architecture here.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from National Register of Historic Places inventory text, LSU campus (88001586), LSU Reveille: why LSU's buildings in the Quad are named after men, LSU School of Architecture: School History.
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