Weaver College
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Weaver College, originally Weaverville College, was a co-educational school and college in Buncombe County, North Carolina established in 1873. It became a Methodist institution in 1883.[1] The four-year program was reduced to two years as a junior college in 1911[2] and it was renamed Weaver College. In 1915 the state legislature gave it a new charter.[1] In 1934 it was merged with the Rutherford Colleges to form Brevard College.[2] 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.[2] It was built on South College Street as the home of the college's president.[1] The yearbook was named Mountaineer.
It was preceded by Weaverville School.[3] The school and town, originally named Dry Ridge, were renamed for Montraville Weaver who donated land and money to both. James Americus Reagan was its first president.[1] 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.[1][4]
A historical marker commemorates its history.[5][6]
Alumni[edit]
- Walter P. Stacy, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court[2]
- Zeb Weaver, U.S. congressman[2]
- Hugh T. Lefler, president of the University of North Carolina[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Weaverville College" (PDF). HISTORY@HAND.
- ^ a b c d e f "Weaver College | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ^ "Weaver College". lost-colleges.
- ^ "North Carolina Gazetteer browse | NCpedia". ncpedia.org.
- ^ "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