Brevard College is a private college in Brevard, North Carolina, United States. The college grants Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Science degrees. Brevard College was named for Ephraim Brevard, a teacher and one of the local leaders that produced the Mecklenburg Resolves/Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in …Brevard College is a private college in Brevard, North Carolina, United States. The college grants Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Master of Science degrees. Brevard College was named for Ephraim Brevard, a teacher and one of the local leaders that produced the Mecklenburg Resolves/Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1775. Brevard College traces its origins to three institutions: "Weaver College", a two- and four-year school, which was founded in Weaverville in 1853 by the "Brothers of Temperance;" and named for the town's founder, Montraville Weaver. "Rutherford College", which was founded as the Owl Hollow School in 1853 in Burke County ; and the "Brevard Institute", a high school inaugurated in 1895 by Asheville businessman Fitch Taylor and his wife, Sarah.
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