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Watts Hall, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
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Description: Union Theological Seminary. This is the oldest and largest Presbyterian Training School for Ministers in the South. It was founded at Hampden-Sidney in 1812, removed to Ginter Park, Richmond, Va., in 1889, and celebrated its Centennial in 1912. It has eight professors and over one hundred students, and is the main source of the supply of ministers and missionaries in the Southern Church. It has beautiful grounds, comprising forty-five acres. It occupies fifteen buildings. Watts Hall, the administrative building, dominating the entire group, is shown on this card...Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: 1936..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...Reference ,541 ( http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/postcard,541 ) ..Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards ( http://go.vcu.edu/postcards )
This VCU Libraries collection shows early twentieth century Richmond, Virginia as seen through over 600 vintage postcards. Many of these images include buildings and structures that either no longer exist or have since been altered. The subject matter of these postcards also lends insight into the social and cultural attitudes of those times.
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