Old Main (Bethany College)
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Old Main, Bethany College is a historic building group on the Bethany College campus in Bethany, West Virginia.
Eastern front of Old Main
Alexander Campbell was an Ulster Scots immigrant who became an ordained minister in the United States and joined his father Thomas Campbell as a leader of a reform effort that is historically known as
Old Main (Bethany College)
…destroyed Society Hall. The building was constructed from 1858 and 1871 and "represents" the college's "pivotal historical role as the headquarters of Alexander Campbell (1788–1866), a principal founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)." The college "is the fountainhead institution of more than a hundred…
Campbell around 1855
Young Alexander Campbell
Old Bethany Church with Historical Marker
Alexander Campbell, age 65