Emory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia. The campus comprises 331 acres (1.34 km) of Washington County, Virginia, which is part of the mountain region of Southwest Virginia. As the oldest institute of higher learning in Southwest Virginia, Emory & Henry College’s entire campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Emory & Henry is listed as one of 40 "Colleges That Change Lives.",. E&H faculty members have been recognized five times as "Virginia Professor of the Year" and once as "U.S. Professor of the Year" by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is named after John Emory, a Methodist bishop, and Patrick Henry, an American Patriot and Virginia’s first governor. The college was founded upon the union of faith and learning and the ideals of freedom and civic virtue by Creed Fulton, a Methodist minister, Colonel William Byars, Tobias Smyth, a Methodist farmer, and Alexander Findlay, a Methodist businessman. The foundation for Wiley Hall was laid on 30 September 1836.