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Q: When did the College move to Lakeland?

A: The College moved to Lakeland in 1922, driven from its earlier sites in Leesburg, Sutherland, and Clearwater by a series of calamities, including devastating freezes and fires. Then known as Southern College, the school opened its doors in Lakeland on October 3, 1922, with two buildings that were described in the Lakeland Star-Telegraph as "the last word in modern construction."

Left, the drawing room in the women's dormitory, now known as the Eleanor Searle Drawing room, was an elegant gathering place for students on the Southern campus even then. Center, College Trustee E.T. Roux chops down a tree on campus in 1922 to make way for the new College buildings, as President Rhenus H. Alderman looks on. Right, students gathered for dinner in the cafeteria in Social Hall, which also housed classrooms, the library, and laboratories.

Below: An aerial view of the FSC campus, circa 1928, shows the women's dormitory (renamed Joseph-Reynolds Hall in 1937).

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