History of Randolph Macon College, Virginia
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The Oldest Incorporated Methodist College in America
By Richard Irby 435 pages, illustrated and searchable
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Randolph-Macon was founded in 1830 by the Virginia Methodists, and is
the oldest Methodist-run college in the country. It was originally
located in Boydton, near the North Carolina border but as the railroad
link to Boydton was destroyed during Civil War, the college's trustees
decided to relocate the school to Ashland.
The college was named for statesmen John Randolph of Roanoke and
Nathaniel Macon. (The original site of Randolph-Macon features a
historical marker and ruins of the classroom buildings.) In 1847,
Randolph-Macon College established a relationship with the Hampden-
Sydney College. alum John Peter Mettauer. The relationship led to the
formation of the Randolph-Macon Medical School, and in 1951 the school
was closed.
The college has a historical relationship with Randolph College
(formerly known as Randolph-Macon Woman's College) in Lynchburg,
Virginia. The former woman's college was founded under Randolph-
Macon's original charter in 1893 by the then-president William Waugh
Smith; it was intended as a female counterpart to Randolph-Macon.
Randolph-Macon became co-educational in 1972 and Randolph College
became co-educational in 2007 and the two schools are now governed by
two separate boards.
In 1892, two preparatory schools — both called Randolph-Macon Academy
— were founded. The only one which remains today is Randolph-Macon
Academy in Front Royal, Virginia. Randolph-Macon Academy is today the
only co-educational military boarding school in the country affiliated
with the United States Air Force Air Force Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (AFJROTC).