undergraduate bulletin - LaGrange College

LAMAR DODD ART CENTER
Completed in 1982, this building provides a physical environment and the equipment needed for
art instruction as well as gallery space for the College‘s outstanding art collection. The building
is named in honor of the late Lamar Dodd, a Georgia artist who grew up in LaGrange and whose
paintings won international recognition.
FRANK AND LAURA LEWIS LIBRARY
January 2009 saw the opening of the new 45,000-square-foot Frank and Laura Lewis Library at
LaGrange College. Named for two former librarians, the new library includes numerous small
and large group study rooms; a 24-hour study room with a coffee bar/snack bar area; an
auditorium; a multi-media classroom; a multi-media production center; student and faculty
research carrels; and state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, including video and audio
conferencing, a SMART board, video-editing equipment and software, presentation projectors,
document cameras, and digital signage. The Frank and Laura Lewis Library is located at the
center of the campus in proximity to the dining hall, dorms, and classrooms.
LOUISE ANDERSON MANGET BUILDING
Built in 1959 and completely renovated in 2001, the Louise Anderson Manget Building houses
the Division of Humanities, including the Departments of English, Sociology and Anthropology,
Latin American Studies and Modern Languages, and Religion and Philosophy.
ALFRED MARIOTTI GYMNASIUM
Built in 1959, the Mariotti Gymnasium houses physical education classrooms and facilities for
indoor athletics. The facility is named in memory of Coach Alfred Mariotti, the College‘s
basketball coach from 1962 until 1974 and a member of the faculty until his retirement in 1979.
MITCHELL BUILDING
The Mitchell Building is located on the grounds of Sunny Gables Alumni House. It was named
in memory of Evelyn Mitchell, a trustee of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.
MARGARET ADGER PITTS DINING HALL
Completed in 1962 and renovated in 1998, this two-story brick building houses the dining area
and kitchen on the main floor, and the College Bookstore, post office, and printing center on the
bottom floor. The building is dedicated in honor of the late Margaret Adger Pitts, a former
College trustee.
PITTS RESIDENCE HALL
Completed in 1941, this two-story brick women‘s dormitory was renovated in 1990. Pitts Hall
was rededicated in memory of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. H. Pitts and in honor of their daughter, the late
Margaret Adger Pitts, a former College trustee. The members of the Pitts family were longtime
supporters of the College.
PRESIDENT‘S HOME
Acquired by the College in 1964, this home originally was occupied by local attorney and former
trustee Hatton Lovejoy. The first College family to live in the house was that of Dr. Waights G.
Henry, Jr., who moved from the former president‘s residence in Candler Cottage. Designed in
1934, the home represents a combination of Georgian and Neoclassical elements.
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