Albion Normal School Campus | |
Location in the United States Location in Idaho | |
Location | Albion, Idaho, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 42°24′48″N 113°35′2″W / 42.41333°N 113.58389°W |
Built | 1894 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 80001298 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
Swanger Hall | |
Location | Albion State Normal School campus, Albion, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 42°24′48″N 113°35′03″W / 42.4133°N 113.5841°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1893 |
NRHP reference No. | 78001058[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 20, 1978 |
Albion State Normal School was a public institution of higher learning the western United States, located in Albion, Idaho. Established by the Idaho Legislature in 1893, it was one of two normal schools in the state. (The other, in Lewiston, is now Lewis–Clark State College.) Citizens of Albion had actively lobbied for the school's establishment, and donated land and labor for the new campus.