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Southern Normal University

School in Carroll County, Tennessee, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Huntingdon Southern Normal University was in Huntingdon, Tennessee in Carroll County, Tennessee.[1] It was chartered in August 1890 and opened in 1891. It was purchased by J. H. Bayer in 1908 for an Industrial and Training School. It closed in 1918.[2] The Huntingdon Special School District was established on the site of the Southern Normal University in 1919.[2]

J. A. Baber served as president.[3] A. L. Peterman was a professor at the school before returning to Kentucky in 1898. Dr. Halbrook also worked at the school.[4]

In 1900, white teachers of the Carroll County Teachers' Institute met at its auditorium for three days. "Colored" teachers met at a public school.[5]

Southern Normal University College of Law offered an L.L.B. degree under Edwin Maxey.[6]

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