Map showing the advantages of Lawrence as a location for State Normal School

Map showing the advantages of Lawrence as a location for State Normal School

Item Information

Title:
Map showing the advantages of Lawrence as a location for State Normal School
Engineer:
Marble, Arthur DeMerrick
Name on Item:
Arthur D. Marble, City Engineer
Date:
March 1894
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Lawrence Public Library
Special Collections
Collection (local):
Lawrence Public Library Map Collection
Subjects:
Teachers colleges
Transportation
Census
Places:
Massachusetts
Merrimack River
Extent:
1 map : col.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xw42q089f
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Notes:
Title from item or accompanying material.
The Practice School (also called the Training School) started May 25, 1869, training many young women to become teachers. The Training School students passed an elementary examination at the beginning of term. It was abolished in 1922. In the middle 1890s, the State of Massachusetts intended to construct another State Normal School and Lawrence was among the cities which competed to be the site of the new school, as evidenced by this map. The City of Lowell, ten miles up the Merrimack River, won and was awarded the honor by an Act of Legislature, June 6, 1894. This would be the forerunner of the University of Massachusetts College of Education.
Preferred Citation:
Courtesy Lawrence Public Library
Notes (date):
Date from item or accompanying material.
Identifier:
State_Normal_School_Map