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Virginia Intermont College is a small private Baptist liberal arts college in Bristol, Virginia. It...

Virginia Intermont College is a small private Baptist liberal arts college in Bristol, Virginia. It was founded in 1884 by a Baptist minister who wanted to establish educational opportunties for women. The school has been coeducational since 1972. The college, known primarily for its photography and equestrian programs, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; Reverend J.R. Harrison, a Baptist minister, envisioned bringing higher education opportunities to women in southwest Virginia and saw it come to fruition when the Southwest Virginia Institute in Glade Spring, Virginia opened on September 17, 1884. Instructing both boarding and day students, the school steadily grew until it outgrew its facilities in less than ten years. The college began moving to a new site in Bristol, Virginia in 1891, completing its relocation with the beginning of classes on September 14, 1893. Shortly after the move, the name was changed to Virginia Institute. A reorganization of the curriculum in 1910 brought the college in line with the junior college movement and the college became the first two-year institution to be accredited by the Southern