Marion College

Founded in 1873 as Marion Female College by the Rev. J.J. Scherer, the institution was chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a liberal arts college the following year and renamed Marion Junior College in 1912. The first missionary society of the southern Lutheran church was organized on this campus. At the close of the college, all records were transferred to Roanoke College, a sister institution of the Lutheran church, and an alumnae chapter remains active.

Marion, Virginia · United States