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The old stone home of Fayette Rufus Buell, 1833-1913, where the humble beginnings of what we now know as McDaniel College, is being renovated.

What? Never heard of Buell?

Never knew that McDaniel College can trace its beginning to the stone building that once was the college golf course clubhouse?

Last March, the old stone house, which McDaniel College officials believe was built around 1830, was adopted by the WMC Heritage Society to become a conference facility and an apartment for visiting scholars and lecturers.

"The house, at 205 Pennsylvania Avenue (Westminster), will also serve as the future home of WMC Heritage Society, and as a setting for alumni gatherings and historical displays," according to an article on the college's website.

The WMC Heritage Society was formed in 2004 as "a way for alumni to honor the college's heritage -- Western Maryland College."

As folks around here certainly know, the college was renamed McDaniel College on July 1, 2002. The purpose of the society is to "educate current and future students and faculty on the traditions and history" of the college.

The $300,000 project to renovate Buell's old home is led by society chairman Don Rembert (Class of 1961), and his wife, Judy Ellis ('60), of Reston, Va.

They also, according to the website, helped lead fundraising that supported the publication of the college's history, "Fearless and Bold," by Dr. Jim Lightner ('59), a professor emeritus of mathematics and college historian.

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