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Kentucky College For Women
Kentucky College for Women, also known as Caldwell College, was a non-profit private women's college and preparatory school in Danville, Kentucky. It opened as the Caldwell Institute for Young Ladies in 1860. It merged with Centre College in 1930. History Caldwell Institute in 1854, the Kentucky legislature authorized a charter for the Henderson Female Institute. The institute's board of trustees selected a site for its campus and began to raise funds. A four-story brick building was constructed in 1859. That same year, Professor A. E. Sloan became the institute's president. When the school finally opened in September 1860, it name had changed to the Caldwell Institute for Young Ladies. Caldwell Institute struggled to operate during the American Civil War, Civil War. Sloan resigned in 1864 and was replaced by Professor Augustine Hart. A year later, Hart was replaced by Rev. L. G. Barbour who was the institute's president until his resignation in 1874. The Second Presbyteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danville, Kentucky
Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties. In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2011, ''Money'' magazine placed Danville as the fourth-best place to retire in the United States. Centre College in Danville was selected to host U.S. vice-presidential debates in 2000 and 2012. History Within Kentucky, Danville is called the "City of Firsts": * It housed the first courthouse in Kentucky. * The first Kentucky constitution was written and signed here. * It was the first capital of Kentucky. * It had the first U.S. post office west of the Allegheny Mountains. * It hosts the first state-supported school for the deaf. * Ephraim McDowell completed the first known successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
