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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QL_tobias-smyth-house_Meadowview-VA.html
Constructed circa 1770, this log structure is considered to be the birthplace of Emory & Henry College. In this house, Tobias Smyth and the Reverend Creed Fulton chose the names of John Emory and Patrick Henry for the College. Smyth, Fulton, Col. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PV_emory-henry-college_Meadowview-VA.html
Founded in 1836, the College was named for Bishop John Emory of the Methodist Church and Patrick Henry, the Orator of the American Revolution and Virginia's first governor. The campus has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV49_buchanan-blakemore-house_Meadowview-VA.html
James Augustus Buchanan commissioned thebuilding of this home, completed in 1875. Thebricks used in its construction were fired inkilns on the property. The exterior walls arethree bricks deep, and the interior staircaseand banister are solid waln…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3D_donald-w-tendick-sr-memorial_Meadowview-VA.html
From July 1943 to October 1945, Emory & Henry College served as a host site for the U.S. Navy's V-5/V-12 officer training program—an intensive program of education and physical training that provided the Navy with strong, capable leaders dur…
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