Edmund Kirby Smith Hall

Edmund Kirby Smith Hall[1] (alternatively "Kirby Smith") is an on-campus living option at the Louisiana State University. The building was named after the United States and Confederate Army officer of the same name - and has earned the nickname "The Hospital" because of it being a 13-story building with a very drab, boxy façade. Current rates (as of September 16, 2013) for a two-student room in Kirby Smith are $2,915[2] per student per semester.

Kirby Smith Hall
Where Louisiana State University
What Student Housing Residence, Male-Female Dormitory, Freshman
Built 1965
Demolished 2022
Capacity 550

Amenities

Four Person Suite: Each room has a communal living area and two bedrooms with two residents to each room. Each suite has its own bathroom.

Government

Each floor has two resident assistants (RA). Each RA makes sure that housing policy is enforced, but is also a resident in the hall and participates in all of its activities.

Planned demolition

In February 2022, LSU announced its plans to demolish the building. They had been wanting to do so for a long time, problems with the demand of on-campus housing meant these plans were continually postponed. The addition of Azalea Hall and Camellia Hall allowed for demolition plans to move forward. The demolition of Kirby Smith will begin in May 2022. The original plans for a "controlled implosion" have since been foregone due to budgeting issues. It will now be demolished using "high tech equipment" that will dismantle the building one floor at a time.

References
  1. Campus map
  2. "Price list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2013-09-16.


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