Northeast Missouri State Teachers College - Kirksville, Missouri
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BruceS
N 40° 11.396 W 092° 34.857
15T E 535670 N 4448922
College now known as Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHC7Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2013
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"NORTHEAST MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, E. Normal Ave. between Marion and Mulanix Sts., occupies 8 red-brick buildings grouped in an open quadrangle on a 15-acre campus. In the center of the campus, atop a white stone pedestal, is a life-size metal statue of Joseph Baldwin, founder of the college, designed by Leonard Crunelle, a pupil of Loredo Taft. The school, a fully accredited co-educational institution, has an average enrollment of 870 students. In the spring of 1867, Professor Baldwin came to Kirksville from Indiana, where he had conducted private normal schools. On September 2, 1867, he opened the Normal School in the Cumberland Academy building, where it remained for six years. During this time the name was changed to Missouri Normal School and Commercial College. In 1870 the school was accepted as a State institution and renamed First District Normal School of Kirksville. It took its present name in 1919. General John J. Pershing was a pupil of the school." - Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State, Tour 8, pg. 462.
The college changed its name a few times since when the Guide was written, it is now known as Truman State University. It also has many more buildings and encompasses a much larger parcel of land to serve its school population of more than 6,000 students. The statue of Joseph Baldwin is still present of the grounds.