Postcard of the administration building at Western Kentucky Normal School. Donated by Wade Hall. KHS Collections.
As part of the education reform movement of the early twentieth century, the Kentucky General Assembly in an act approved on March 21, 1906, created two normal schools to train elementary teachers. The two schools were to be called “Eastern Kentucky State Normal School” and “Western Kentucky Normal School.” The act also established a commission to determine the location of these schools, which ultimately became Richmond and Bowling Green. On March 8, 1922, two additional normal schools were added, and these were eventually located at Morehead and Murray. An appropriation of $30,000 annually for each was included in the 1922 act.
Postcard of the administration building at Western Kentucky Normal School. Donated by Wade Hall. KHS Collections.
