Bethel College / Bethel College Campus

Bethel College / Bethel College Campus (HM2BEG)

Location: Russellville, KY 42276 Logan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 50.637', W 86° 53.554'

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Bethel College


The school began as a Baptist-sponsored high school for boys in 1854 and was chartered as a college in 1856. It closed in 1861 due to the Civil War but reopened two years later. It continued as a four-year college until 1920. From 1921 until closing in 1933. it was a two-year junior college. In 1928 it became co-educational.     Over


Bethel College Campus


The sixteen-acre campus had five buildings: main building, the president's home, two dormitories and library & gymnasium. Also had sixteen small homes for married ministerial students and an athletic field, Brookside Park. Confederate Convention met here, 1861. Campus was later used as a hospital during Civil War. Buildings razed in 1968.
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HM NumberHM2BEG
Series This marker is part of the Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society series
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Year Placed2015
Placed ByKentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 16th, 2018 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 509578 N 4077566
Decimal Degrees36.84395000, -86.89256667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 50.637', W 86° 53.554'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 50' 38.22" N, 86° 53' 33.24" W
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Area Code(s)270
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 88 S Bethel St, Russellville KY 42276, US
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