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About Graves House
Historic Samuel T. Graves House is a first-year residential house located on the Century Campus and one of Morehouse’s most iconic buildings. The residence house offers both single and double occupancy rooms and can accommodate upwards of 115 students. A silhouette of the top of the Victorian-style building is part of the College’s official logo. A statue of legendarily transformative former president Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays sits in front.
Graves House was constructed in 1889 as the first building on the campus once Morehouse College relocated to Atlanta, GA. The building overlooks Century Campus, the previous site of Fort Whitehall, from which the Confederate army resisted Union soldiers during the siege of Atlanta. Originally, it held not only dormitory rooms, but also the president’s residence, a preparatory school, a dining hall, printing office, and chapel.
Did You Know?
In 1887, Samuel T. Graves became the second president of Morehouse College, then Atlanta Baptist Seminary, as the College moved to its current location in Atlanta’s West End. He was also a professor of theology. Graves expanded the curriculum at the institution and more than doubled the number of faculty members.