This is an image of the first Mark Hopkins school.

ID: 906 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of Freel Library Archive, Mark Hopkins School (Old)—Exterior, n.d., NANS Photographs People Box. 4.

This file appears in: The Early North Adams Normal School Admissions and Curriculum

This is an image of the first Mark Hopkins school.

Although the current version is much different than the old one, the location of the school has never changed. The Mark Hopkins building that is a part of the MCLA campus today was acquired by the college in the 1980s.

This file appears in: The Early North Adams Normal School Admissions and Curriculum

The Early North Adams Normal School Admissions and Curriculum

By Emily Kelleher

Established through an act of Massachusetts legislature “to meet increasing demands for trained teachers,” North Adams Normal School (NANS) was established in 1894. The school offered three main courses of study as well as specialized certificate…