Additions to Weaverville School Details

Weaverville College (Weaverville, N.C.)

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Repository:: Asheville Art Museum
Collection:: Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS) held by Asheville Art Museum
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Funding:: Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Architect:: Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924

General note:: Built on property that previously had been used for religious revivals, Weaverville College, (later renamed Weaver College), operated in Weaverville for nearly 60 years before it closed its doors in the 1930s in a merger with Rutherford College. Three structures remain from the original campus, the 1874 Administration Building, now used as a Masonic Temple, and two dormitories. http://go.ncsu.edu/weaver_college; http://go.ncsu.edu/weaverville_school
Location:: Weaverville (N.C.)
Subjects:: College campuses
Universities and colleges
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.694, -82.560309