First Baptist College, Georgetown College, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky
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N 38° 12.570 W 084° 33.255
16S E 714133 N 4231888
First Baptist College west of the Alleghenies.
Waymark Code: WMJKTG
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2013
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Georgetown College
First Baptist College west of the Alleghenies. Chartered in January, 1829, by "The Trustees of the Kentucky Baptist Education Society." Later named Georgetown. The site of Rittenhouse Academy, Georgetown, chosen for the College, July, 1829. Giddings Hall was first building erected. Under leadership of Pres. Howard Malcom, in 1840s, a permanent program was formed.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1829
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