Louisiana Hall (c. 1912)

Louisiana Hall, pictured in the 1925 Westminster College yearbook.

Louisiana Hall is a three-story frame building with a hipped roof that was constructed as a dormitory for women attending Westminster College around 1912. While the dormitory housed women students, men could also take their meals in the dining hall.  The building was the focal point of student social life for decades.

The ground floor features an entrance hall accessed from a one-story porch on the south facade, two parlors, two staircases, a large dining room, and a one-story extension on the west end that houses a kitchen. The second and third floors each contain seven bedrooms and one bathroom off a long central hallway running east-west. Wood floors, interior trim, and doors remain, though the door hardware has been replaced. Some first floor rooms have pressed tin ceilings.  Two original 1920s fire escape slides survive at the rear.  There is a full basement under the western portion that at one time served as a campus bakery. 

After Westminster College closed in 1972, Louisiana Hall was used for the filming of Don't Look in the Basement (1973), a low-budget horror film about a remote psychiatric hospital. In recent decades it has hosted reunions, retreats, and group lodging for a range of other programs and activities during the Jenkins University Project and Trinity Institute years.

Above: Louisiana Hall in 2025.