Texas Normal College

At this site, on the second floor of a hardware store, 70 students enrolled for the first session of Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, September 16, 1890. The students included 28 Creeks from Indian territory. The city of Denton provided classrooms for the faculty of five under president Joshua C. Chilton, an educator with previous experience and training in Ohio and Indiana. In 1891, the school moved to a building at the present site of North Texas State University. This marker dedicated on 75th Anniversary of the University. (1965)

Texas Normal College is a historical marker in Denton, Denton County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Denton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.2157, -97.1338 near Denton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Denton County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1927 Denton City Hall, Denton County Courthouse, and Denton County Courthouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5121005265. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.