Historical Highway Markers

Mary Baldwin College

I-17

The oldest college for women related to the Presbyterian Church, U.S. Founded 1842 by Rufus W. Bailey as Augusta Female Seminary; renamed in 1895 to honor Mary Julia Baldwin, pioneer woman educator and principal, 1863-1897.

Virginia State Library, 1961

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