History, Records and Photographs of Union College located in Knox County, Kentucky.
Extensive information about Union College's campus and its many historical buildings can be accessed on Union's website at https://www.unionky.edu/about/unions-story/rich-history.
As noted on the website, information about the campus was revised and updated in 2014 by Thomas McFarland, Ph.D., 18th president of Union College in 2014.
Read more: Historical Tour of the campus of Union College, Kentucky
The following was copied from the history of Union College that is listed on the school's website at https://www.unionky.edu/about/why-choose-union/rich-history/timeline
BY MILTON H. TOWNSEND
The beneficence of Joshua Fry and Fanny Henning Speed provided endowment, constructed buildings, paid faculty salaries, and insured permanency of Union College.