State Normal School (Athens, Georgia)
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The State Normal School was a teaching college
located in Athens, Georgia
, United States
, founded in 1891, whose function was later incorporated into the curricula of the University of Georgia
. The institution first opened in a university owned facility but later moved to its own facility on Prince Avenue in an area that became known as "Normaltown
."
In 1932 the University of Georgia's Department of Education assumed control of training for teachers in the state. The normal school was taken over by the University of Georgia and became known as Coordinate College. It was used only as dormitories for freshmen and sophomore women.
In the 1950s, the complex was taken over by the Navy for the Supply Corps School
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Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
located in Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, founded in 1891, whose function was later incorporated into the curricula of the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
. The institution first opened in a university owned facility but later moved to its own facility on Prince Avenue in an area that became known as "Normaltown
Normaltown
Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell's Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896. In the 1980s, Allen's in Normaltown was an early venue for bands such as R.E.M...
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In 1932 the University of Georgia's Department of Education assumed control of training for teachers in the state. The normal school was taken over by the University of Georgia and became known as Coordinate College. It was used only as dormitories for freshmen and sophomore women.
In the 1950s, the complex was taken over by the Navy for the Supply Corps School
Navy Supply Corps School (Athens, Georgia)
New Supply Corps junior officers attend the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia.NSCS occupies a campus with a lengthy history. The site had been used as a school since the 1860s, first for the University of Georgia's University High School, then as a Confederate military school, and at...
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Statewide Spread of the State Normal School
By 1907, there was also a normal school in Milledgeville, GeorgiaMilledgeville, Georgia
Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The relatively rapid current of the Oconee here made this an...
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