Moore and Harmeling Sts., Bristol (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Bristol.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 04, 1984. NRIS 84000032.
4 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Virginia Intermont College (VI) was a private college in Bristol, Virginia founded in 1884 to create additional educational opportunities for women. The college became coeducational in 1972. It experienced significant financial difficulties during the last years of its existence, was denied accreditation in 2013, and announced its closure on May 20, 2014.
The name "Intermont" was a reference to the college's mountain setting. Holston Mountain, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, can be seen from the campus in Bristol, Virginia, part of the Tri-Cities region, which also includes Johnson City and Kingsport, Tennessee.
After years of being shuttered and a failed attempt to reopen a business college, the campus suffered a devastating fire in the early morning hours of Friday, December 20, 2024, that resulted in the complete loss of the original core buildings.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679856