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Gymnasium, Millersville State Normal School, Millersville, PA, circa 1910.
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Exterior front and side. The building is mostly covered in ivy

Credit: Courtesy of Millersville University, Helen A. Ganser Library, Archives and Special Collections

Constructed in 1890 to accommodate the enthusiasm for physical education sweeping across the country, this gymnasium was the first of its kind at a state normal school. True to the coeducational spirit at Pennsylvania's teacher training institutions the gymnasium was used by both male and female students.

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