Founded as Bethel Seminary at McLemoresville in 1842 by the West Tennessee Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Ruben Burrow principal. Incorporated in 1847, it became Bethel College in 1850 and moved here in 1872. It was presented to the General Assembly, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1919.

Marker is at the intersection of Cherry Avenue and College Drive, on the right when traveling west on Cherry Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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