W of Baker off LA 19, Baker, Louisiana. County/parish: East Baton Rouge.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 10, 1982. NRIS 82000433.
4 contributing buildings.
Leland College (1870-1960) was founded in 1870 as a Christian college for blacks in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was open to students "irrespective of race, color or previous condition of servitude." It was formerly known as Leland University. It was relocated to Baker, Louisiana after a storm in 1915. It closed in 1960.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73973523