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Lynchburg College

Lynchburg College is a Virginia historical marker in between Hopwood and College Drives, Lynchburg County, dedicated 2003.

Lynchburg County · dedicated 2003 · Lakeside Drive, between Hopwood and College Drives

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Lynchburg College was founded in 1903 as Virginia Christian College by Dr. Josephus Hopwood and a group of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) clergymen and lay leaders. It is one of the earliest colleges in Virginia to be founded as a coeducational institution. Its name was changed to Lynchburg College in 1919. The former Westover Hotel served as the college's original building. Renamed Westover Hall, it was dismantled in 1970. Hopwood Hall, designed in the Classical Revival style by architect Edward G. Frye and completed in 1909, is the oldest classroom building on campus and is still in use.

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