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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Price,B.F. Architect
West,William Architect
1832/10/00 Established by Virginia Methodists with a $10,000 pledge from Mecklenburg County's residents, Randolph-Macon College opens for instruction in the Centre building (Main Building) in Boydton, Virginia.
1868/00/00 After the railroad link to Boydton is destroyed during the Civil War, the college's trustees move Randolph-Macon College to Ashland, Virginia.
1938/00/00 Katharine Hepburn Visitor Katharine Hepburn visits Randolph-Macon College, an all-male campus.

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Particulars for Randolph-Macon College Buildings:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Italianate
Religion Methodist
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 79003044
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Price,B.F.; West,William
Architectural Style: Gothic, Italianate
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1872, 1876, 1879
Historic Function: Education, Religion
Historic Sub-Function: College, Religious structure
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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