On February 17, 1970, the proposal for a normal school in Lock Haven was accepted and one month later on March 5th, the board of trustees selected a site for the campus. The original campus of Lock Haven University stood where the residence halls on the hill stand today.
Photograph property of LHUP Archive. Praeco, 1928, p. 1.
How was the land acquired?
Phillip M. Price, a local businessman, donated 18.37 acres of land that would constitute what would be the campus of Central Normal, which we know today as Lock Haven University. The 18.37 acres was 8.37 acres more than what was required for campuses under the Normal School Act of 1857.
Photograph property of LHUP Archive. Undated photograph of Phillip Price.
In 1870, Pennsylvania officials established a building committee to have a normal school built in Lock Haven. The contract was given to Hipple & Wilson of Lock Haven for $92,840.
On February 17, 1970, the proposal for a normal school in Lock Haven was accepted and one month later on March 5th, the board of trustees selected a site for the campus. The original campus of Lock Haven University stood where the residence halls on the hill stand today. How was the land acquired?
Phillip M. Price, a local businessman, donated 18.37 acres of land that would constitute what would be the campus of Central Normal, which we know today as Lock Haven University. The 18.37 acres was 8.37 acres more than what was required for campuses under the Normal School Act of 1857.
On January 27, 1870, the first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was established at DePauw University. First admitting women in 1867, the private liberal arts school located in Greencastle, Indiana set the stage for the explosion of Greek life interest in the college setting.
