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Report an IssueBeaumont College 1895-1915
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Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, US 68, 127
Col. and Mrs. Thomas Smith owned and ran this famous girls' school, which offered "art, eloqution, a conservatory of music and the strongest of literary courses in preparation for the best American and European schools." Beaumont motto: "Exalted character graced by elegant culture and refined manners." This marker erected by Beaumont College Alumnae-1968.
Historic Site, 1806 to 1916
1806-27 - Greenville Springs Spa;
1806-28 - Christian Baptist School;
1830-33 - Christian Baptist School;
1834-41 - Boyhood home, Supreme Court Justice John Harlan;
1841-56 - Greenville Institute;
1856-93 - Daughters' College;
1893-94 - Young Ladies College;
1895-1915 - Beaumont College;
1916 - Daughters' College;
from 1917 - Beaumont Inn. See over.