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Converse University is a private university in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was established in 1889 by a group of Spartanburg residents and named after textile pioneer Dexter Edgar Converse . It was originally a women's college but now admits men.
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Dexter Edgar Converse (1829–1899) was a textile entrepreneur who was co-founder and namesake of Converse University. Converse was native of Vermont who had moved to Spartanburg prior to the American Civil War and had become a successful pioneer in the cotton mill industry, and served as the head of the Converse University's first board of ...
Converse Hall is located on the east side of the UVM campus, in an area that was somewhat isolated when the hall was built, but is now dominated by the University of Vermont Medical Center to the north. The hall is a U-shaped structure 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 stories in height, with the opening of the U facing west toward the central campus area. Its ...
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Its name changed in 1878. In 1889, Kentucky University (later Transylvania University), bought a stake in the school, taking total control in 1903. Closed in 1932. John Lyle's Female Seminary (founded in 1806) [2] Kentucky College for Young Ladies, Pewee Valley, was chartered and opened in 1874. Boys were allowed for day classes in 1896.
Converse Hall 1913 and 1981 and 2011 Converse Hall, named in honor of W. L. Converse, is perhaps the most important structure in the History of Valdosta State University since it was the building in which the foundation of this institution was laid. Converse Hall, built in 1913, housed everything for the college until West Hall was built in 1918.