Bridgewater College
N 38° 24.107 W 079° 02.061
17S E 671640 N 4252224
Origins of Bridgewater College
Waymark Code: WMPEH
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2006
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Bridgewater College
Founded near this site in 1880, the college is now located 4.3 miles east in the Town of Bridgewater. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It grew out of the Spring Creek Normal School and Collegiate Institute and became Bridgewater College nine years later. It has be coeducational from its founding.
Spring Creek is a quiet village of mostly older homes surrounded by farms.
Marker Number: I 13-A
Marker Title: Bridgewagter College
Marker Location: Spring Creek
County or Independent City: Rockingham County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Bridgewater College, 1981
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