Description: Mars Hill, NORTH CAROLINA - College - Baptist Church & Spilman Dormitory - LINEN: Mars Hill University is a private, coed, liberal arts university. The university is located in the small town of Mars Hill, North Carolina, United States, 15 miles (24 km) due north of Asheville, western North Carolina's largest city and 44 miles (71 km) south of Johnson City, Tennessee, northeast Tennessee's largest city. Mars Hill University is easily accessible from Asheville via Interstate 26, which runs about a mile (1.6 km) east of the university. From 1859 to 2013 it was called Mars Hill College; in August 2013 it officially changed its name to Mars Hill University. Mars Hill University was founded in 1856, and it is the oldest college or university in western North Carolina. It started as the French Broad Baptist Institute, sharing a name with the nearby French Broad River. In 1859, the university changed its name to Mars Hill, in honor of the hill in ancient Athens on which the Apostle Paul debated Christianity with the city's leading philosophers. During the American Civil War the university was closed for two years, but it reopened after the war. This Linen Era (1930-45) postcard is in good condition. Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, NC. No. E-7509. MH-10.
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Theme: US States, Cities & Towns
Mars Hill College / now University: Baptist Church & Spilman Dormitory
north of Asheville: NC
College: Mars Hill
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Architecture
City/Region: Mars Hill
Postage Condition: Unposted
State: North Carolina
Era: Linen (c. 1930-1945)
Region: North Carolina
Country: USA
