Roanoke College

Roanoke College is a Virginia historical marker in Augusta County, dedicated 1942.

Augusta County · dedicated 1942 · Rte. 11, at intersection with Rte. 701

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Five miles west is the birthplace of Virginia Institute, founded in 1842 by David F. Bittle, assisted by Christopher C. Baughman. Chartered on January 30, 1845, as Virginia Collegiate Institute, the school was moved to Salem, Virginia, in 1847, and was chartered as Roanoke College, March 14, 1853.

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