Toccoa Falls College is a liberal arts Christian college, located in Toccoa, Georgia, on the edge of the Piedmont Plain and in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. The campus is 1,100 acres, bordering the Chattahoochee National Forest. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Association for Biblical Higher Education...
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Toccoa Falls College is a liberal arts Christian college, located in Toccoa, Georgia, on the edge of the Piedmont Plain and in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. The campus is 1,100 acres, bordering the Chattahoochee National Forest. It is affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
In 1907, Toccoa Falls College was founded by Richard A. Forrest in Golden, North Carolina as the Golden Valley Institute. On January 1, 1911, Forrest bought the Haddock Inn and 100 acres (400,000 m²) of land. In October, he relocated the school to near Toccoa, Georgia in order to be near a mainline railroad. He renamed the school Toccoa Falls Institute and added secondary school courses to the theological classes.
In 1913, the Haddock Inn, which was the classroom and residence building, was destroyed by fire. After living in tents for a time...
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