Weaver College
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Former name | Weaverville College (1873–1911) |
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| Active | 1873–1934 |
Religious affiliation | Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
| Location | , , United States of America |
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Weaver College, originally Weaverville College (1873–1934), was an American co-educational school and college in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Pre-history[edit]
It was preceded by Weaverville School, a neighborhood school founded in the c. 1850s and operated by the Sons of Temperance.[1] The school and town, originally named Dry Ridge, were renamed for Montraville Weaver who donated land and money to both.[1][2]
History[edit]
In 1872, the earlier school building burned down, and the towns people decided to build a brick building to serve as a school for grades 1 through four years of college. Established in 1873, it became a Methodist institution in 1883, property of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[1][3] The four-year program was reduced to two years as a junior college in 1911[4] and it was renamed Weaver College. In 1915 the state legislature gave it a new charter.[3] In 1934 it was merged with the Rutherford Colleges to form Brevard College.[4] The Weaver Room at Brevard College's library and the Weaver College Bell Tower commemorate its history. In Weaverville, its admission building remains and became a masonic lodge and the White House dormitory remains.[4] It was built on South College Street as the home of the college's president.[3] The yearbook was named Mountaineer.
James Americus Reagan was its first president of Weaver College, serving from 1872 to 1875.[3] Property around Lake Juanita, a man-made spring fed lake, was donated to the school and was renamed Lake Louise to honor Louise Moore, widow of Charles Moore.[3][5]
A historical marker commemorates its history.[6][7]
Alumni[edit]
- Walter P. Stacy, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court[4]
- Zeb Weaver, U.S. congressman[4]
- Hugh T. Lefler, president of the University of North Carolina[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Weaver College". lost-colleges.
- ^ "MM Weaver". The Asheville Times. 1902-07-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-05-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Weaverville College" (PDF). HISTORY@HAND.
- ^ a b c d e f Hill, Michael (January 1, 2006). "Weaver College". Encyclopedia of North Carolina (NCpedia). University of North Carolina Press.
- ^ "North Carolina Gazetteer browse". Encyclopedia of North Carolina (NCpedia).
- ^ "Weaver College". Read the Plaque.
- ^ "Marker: P-74". ncmarkers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- Nell Pickens, Dry Ridge: Some of Its History, Some of Its People (1962) LCCN 62-38834
- William S. Powell, Higher Education in North Carolina (1963) LCCN 64-64071 OCLC 2610605
- Douglas Swaim, ed., Cabins & Castles: The History & Architecture of Buncombe County, North Carolina (1981) LCCN 81-623102
- F. A. Sondley, A History of Buncombe County, North Carolina (1930) LCCN 77-24692 1977 reprint
- Private Laws of North Carolina, 1873-1874, Chapter VIII