History of Gorham Teachers? College We ewe a great deal te the eHerta ef Ft'etiet'iek Rebie fer the establishment ef the Netrnal Seheel at Gotham. It was eenaidered an eaeellent ehniee fer the tewn. It was, as a newspaper elipping from the time pnta it, HFEHdilF aeeeaaihle lty manyr trains eaeh day. The village is ene ef the meat beautiful in Maine, ef the New England type, quiet, erderly, and with aehniaatie habits and traditiena. Three sites were recommended and a epeeial eemmittee whieh inelnded Getter- - . net Conner and the Superintendent ef $$$$th --- - ' Cemmett Sehenla, Cnrthell, need them cat'sttt ' - - ; in a driealing rain en a Fehreajrj.r after- iHH- - m-Lr' : 'f ?A- - - - II neen in 1878. They first visited the Sem- '-'4't e..'t'i-' 'r inat'j.I httilding whteh steed en the land new eeenpied by the campus aeheel. It had been built in 183? aa a heme fer etu- denta attending the HFEITIELIE Setninaryf The eetnmittee peked inte Jreema enee aaered, stamped on settled Home as if ta make steeping spirits rise, and pttnehed retten tinthera with irreverent umbrellaa. Next they inapeeted the Old ACadEile building whieh waa anhjeeted tn Inneh the same treatment. Ineerperated in 1803, the building had been dedieated tn the intereata ef aettnd learning and J'eliginn in 1806. The ptn'peee ef the eeheel was the preparing ef the yeung men ef Gerharn fer eellege. The enmmittee failed tn End any sign at weakness in the fettndatiena. After lengthy dieeaaeinn and mere trekking through rain and mud the werthyF eennnittee members adjourned to the eity witheut having made a definite deeiaien. HDWBVET, apeett- letera believed, aa turned nut to be true, that the eld buildings weuld he need and that new enea weuld be ereeted en the third site, a pieee at land ewned by J. T. MeLelIant and lying en the aettthern alepe nf antthettae Hill fronting en High Street. On March 4th, 18?8, the tewn 1vented te transfer tn the State the grennde and buildings. Dedieatien exereiaea ef the new Nermal Seheel teek plaee Deeemher 26th at that year. Normal Hall, as the seminary building eame te be knewn, wee need as the that dermitery. The hve-atery, hriek build- ing, an ehjeet nf tnanj,r enjnyahle remitt- ieeeneea en the part ef paet eeeupante, waa deatreyed hf,I fire Oetnher 1, 1894!. The aeademy building was eeenpied by upper grammar grades until 1905. In 1910 it was rentedeted fer a dermi- --- 11W ' -LW- Tr Academy Building Page F t'ae
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