Volume 9 , Issue 2

Castle On The Hill & Science Hall

This old photo came from a friend of mine back in Alva, OK. We think it was taken sometime between 1909-1917, because the only buildings showing in this stretched out old photograph on the right, are the Science Hall, Castle on the Hill and an old smokestack of some sort.

We know that Northwestern Normal School's Castle on the Hill was built before statehood (1907) in 1897. The next building to built at the normal school was the Science Hall, which was finished by 1909.

In 1918 the President's House had been built. The Wyatt Gymnasium was added onto the Normal School campus in 1919. The Herold hall which stood between the Science building and the Castle on the Hill was constructed in 1923.

Thanks to Lovina Clark for sharing this old Northwestern Normal School photo with us. You can read more about the history of Alva's Normal School at Northwestern Normal School.
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