Explore Clark Atlanta University's Campus

Atlanta University, founded in 1865 by the American Missionary Association,  was the nation's oldest graduate institution serving predominantly African-American students. Pictured here is the former campus on Diamond Hill: North (Gaines), Stone (Fountain),  & South Halls.

Stone Hall at Atlanta University, now Fountain Hall, was designed by architect G.L. Norman and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

Clark College was founded in 1869 as Clark University by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, now the United Methodist Church. After moving to the Atlanta University Center in the early 1930s, Clark University became Clark College. 

Erected in 1886, Knowles Industrial Building was home to the agricultural and engineering departments at Atlanta University. Professors held classes for woodworking, metallurgy, art and crafts, and domestic sciences.

Legend has it that the clock of the  tower atop Harkness Hall stopped working the day of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination!

The clock tower of Harkness Hall is home to a clarionne of 9 bells; they bear the names of their donors on the engraving. The sound of the bells ringing throughout the campus and the surrounding community has always created a feeling of hope, nostalgia and pride. 

Harkness Quadrangle, an iconic part of main campus, is home to Trevor Arnett, Wright-Young, Clement, and Thomas Cole academic halls, the burial site of Atlanta University president John Hope, and the Sacred Lawn.

Sage-Bacote Hall, named for Dean Sage and Clarence Bacote, is home to the English and Literature, Africana Studies, History, and Religious Studies departments. The basement also contains an intact nuclear fallout shelter, remnant of post WWII and Cold War construction.

Clement Hall is named for Dr. Rufus Early Clement, the sixth and longest serving president of Atlanta University, and the first African-American member of the Atlanta School Board. The LEED-certified building is home to the School of Education. 

Built in 1969 as the home of the Atlanta University School of Business Administration, Wright-Young Hall is named in honor of Entrepreneur & Educator, Richard R. Wright, AU'1876; & Dr. Harding B. Young, third dean of the School of Business Administration.

The Thomas W. Cole Research and Science Center, located on Harkness Quadrangle is home to the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development, and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development. It is named for the first president of Clark Atlanta University.

STEM flourishes at Clark Atlanta University, a Carnegie R2 research institution. The Thomas W. Cole Research and Science Building hosts state-of-the-art laboratories.

The Bishop C. L. Henderson Student Center is the nexus of campus activity, home to Student Engagement and Campus Life; the campus bookstore; William Crogman Dining Room; and the Juanita P. Baranco Multipurpose Room. 

Home of Leonidas S. Epps Gymnasium, Sports Information and Physical Education classes, Henderson Physical Center once housed an Olympic-sized pool in its lower levels. Blockbuster movies, including School Daze (1989), Drumline (2002) and Stomp the Yard were filmed there.

Once the cafeteria for Clark College, Thayer Hall is now the home of the Whitney M. Young Jr School of Social Work, the nation's oldest accredited school of social work for African-Americans.

Thayer Quadrangle, formerly the site of Clark College's main campus is now "freshman quad," home to McPheeters-Dennis, Haven-Warren, and Thayer academic halls, residence halls and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) spaces.

This space was once the site of commencement exercises for Clark College (1930s-1988). It is also the site of first year induction ceremony at the close of Orientation, and the commemorative benches for the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organizations.