Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
1, Booker T. Washington Blvd.Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088
History of Tuskegee University
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Though the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center was established in 1994, the facility carries a distinct history that is dear to the legacy of Tuskegee University. Located in Alabama, the Kellogg hotel was originally built by renowned architect Robert R. Taylor in 1901 as the Girls Industrial Building.
Taylor, the first African-American architecture graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served as Director of Industries at Tuskegee and is credited with developing the school’s program in architecture. Most buildings built prior to 1932 were designed by Taylor, including the original University Chapel, Tompkins Hall, The Oaks and White Hall.
The facility served a variety of functions and housed the school’s sewing instruction area, classrooms, the nursing program, the hub for commercial dietetics training and childcare training.
The two-story brick structure was named Dorothy Hall in memory of Dorothy Lamb Woodridge, the great-great-great grandmother of Caroline and Olivia Phelps-Stokes. The Phelps-Stokes family was one of the University’s earliest major contributors.
Before renovations to complete Tuskegee University’s Kellogg Hotel in Alabama, Dorothy Hall served as the University’s guest house, dining area and home to one of the nation’s pioneers in agricultural and natural science research — Dr. George Washington Carver.
