1st Normal School -- Pioneer in Teacher Training

1st Normal School -- Pioneer in Teacher Training is a Vermont historical marker in Concord, Essex County.

U.S. Route 2, at Shadow Lake Road, Concord

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The first recognized school in America for the purpose of training teachers was conducted near here by the Rev. Samuel Read Hall, 1823-25. Practice teaching was employed with Lectures on Schoolkeeping which became in 1829, the first professional book for teachers 2.4 miles south at Concord Corner.

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1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of 1st Normal School -- Pioneer in Teacher Training, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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1st Normal School -- Pioneer in Teacher Training

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