Near Bridgewater in Rockingham County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Bridgewater College

Photographed by Dan Fisher, June 20, 2010

1. Bridgewater College Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 1981 by Bridgewater College. (Marker Number I 13-A.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 38° 24.106′ N, 79° 2.064′ W. Marker is near Bridgewater, Virginia, in Rockingham County. It is at the intersection of Spring Creek Road (Virginia Route 613) and Beaver Creek Road ( Route 752), on the right when traveling north on Spring Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bridgewater VA 22812, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rockingham County / Augusta County (approx. 2.9 miles away); Mossy Creek (approx. 3 miles away); The Roscoe Burgess Riverwalk (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker

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also named Bridgewater (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker also named Bridgewater (approx. 3.3 miles away); In Honor and Remembrance (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Litten Water Gardens at Edgebriar Park (approx. 3.4 miles away); Bridgewater Historic District (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bridgewater.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Bridgewater (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Bridgewater College. (Submitted on June 21, 2010.)

Spring Creek & Beaver Creek Rds image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dan Fisher, June 20, 2010

2. Spring Creek & Beaver Creek Rds

Spring Creek Rd (facing south) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dan Fisher, June 20, 2010

3. Spring Creek Rd (facing south)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 873 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.