Bridgewater College

Founded near this site in 1880, the college is now located 4.3 miles east in the town of Bridgewater. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It grew out of the Spring Creek Normal School and Collegiate Institute and became Bridgewater College nine years later. It has been coeducational from its founding.

Marker is at the intersection of Spring Creek Road (Virginia Route 613) and Beaver Creek Road (Virginia Route 752), on the right when traveling north on Spring Creek Road.

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