Boston State College was a public university from 1872 to 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts , United States. It was merged into the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1982.
5-705: Boston State College's roots began with the Girls' High School , which was founded in 1852. In 1872, the Boston Normal School separated from Girls' High School and became an independent institution, although it still occupied the building alongside the high school and Girls' Latin School . The Normal School was renamed the Teachers College of the City of Boston in 1924. In 1952, it became a state college,
10-672: A university or college in Massachusetts is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a building or structure in Boston is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Girls%27 High School (Boston, Massachusetts) Girls' High School is a defunct secondary school that was located at various times in the Downtown Boston , South End and Roxbury sections of Boston , Massachusetts . The first public high school for young women in
15-714: The State Teachers College at Boston . The college was renamed the State College at Boston , also known as Boston State College, in 1960. Boston State College merged with the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1982. After the merger, in the mid-1980s, its former main campus, located at 621 Huntington Avenue, was acquired by the Massachusetts College of Art , and serves as that institution's primary campus. This article about
20-563: The United States, it was founded in 1852 as the Normal School for girls to be trained as primary school teachers. It was initially located above a public library in the former Adams schoolhouse on Mason Street. In 1854, the school's name was changed to the Girls' High and Normal School . In 1869, construction began for a purpose-built school building, located on Newton Street between Tremont and Shawmut Avenue. That building
25-470: Was designed for just under 1000 students, with 8 classrooms, 15 recitation rooms, 3 studios, chemical, physical, and botanical laboratories, and a hall, as well as facilities dedicated to the Girls' Latin School . This building was formally dedicated on April 19, 1871. By 1903, the high school's share of this space was described as insufficient in the Boston Globe . The school became co–educational in
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