Watts Hall, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard): Union Theological Seminary. This is the oldest and largest Presbyterian Training School for Ministers in the South. It was founded at Hampden-Sidney in 1812, removed to Ginter Park, Richmond, Va., in 1889, and celebrated its Centennial in 1912. It has eight professors and over one hundred students, and is the main source of the supply of ministers and missionaries in the Southern Church. It has beautiful grounds, comprising forty-five acres. It occupies fifteen buildings. Watts Hall, the administrative building, dominating the entire group, is shown on this card.
Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD.
Date Postmarked: 1936
Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/postcard/534
Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Watts Hall, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
Card Text (transcribed from postcard): Union Theological Seminary. This is the oldest and largest Presbyterian Training School for Ministers in the South. It was founded at Hampden-Sidney in 1812, removed to Ginter Park, Richmond, Va., in 1889, and celebrated its Centennial in 1912. It has eight professors and over one hundred students, and is the main source of the supply of ministers and missionaries in the Southern Church. It has beautiful grounds, comprising forty-five acres. It occupies fifteen buildings. Watts Hall, the administrative building, dominating the entire group, is shown on this card.
Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD.
Date Postmarked: 1936
Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/postcard/534
Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards