Normal Hall

With the need for a dormitory at Aroostook State Normal School growing, Governor William S. Cobb signed a bill appropriating $20,000.00 for the construction of a dormitory. The town of Presque Isle did not feel that this amount was adequate to appropriately build and complete a dormitory such as they wanted, so the town of Presque Isle also gave $20,000.00 to help fund the construction of the new dormitory. On December 12, 1905 students moved into the new dormitory, which at this time was still incomplete on the inside. Walls were not painted, there were no window shades, and there were no doors on the rooms. The dormitory was named Normal Hall.

This picture shows one of the student dormitory rooms in Normal Hall.

Normal Hall is the oldest building that remains on campus today. Normal Hall was built out of a need for dormitory space, and remained a residence hall for women until it was converted to offices to serve the needs of faculty in 1971. What is now the Faculty Lounge was once the dining commons for residence who lived in Normal Hall. In addition, during the summer of 1996, the first floor of Normal Hall was renovated, once again, making the first floor consist of classrooms, in addition to the lounge and kitchen area.

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