[1] The school and town, originally named Dry Ridge, were renamed for Montraville Weaver who donated land and money to both.

[1][3][4] James Americus Reagan was its first president of Weaverville College, serving from 1872 to 1875.

Property around Lake Juanita, a man-made spring fed lake, was donated to the school and was renamed Lake Louise to honor Louise Moore, widow of Charles Moore.

[6] The Weaver Room at Brevard College's library and the Weaver College Bell Tower commemorate its history.

In Weaverville, its admission building remains and became a masonic lodge and the White House dormitory remains.