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College Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 278 contributing buildings in an almost exclusively middle-class residential area of State College. The district reflects the growth and architecture of State College as an emerging college town.
South 6th Street extension (PA 954) (near PA Barbeque), Indiana: Roadside African American, Civil War, Military Dr. Robert Mitchell (1786-1863) October 17, 2007: Franklin Street (PA 286) near 2nd Street (PA 403), Clymer
Control and ownership of the institution passed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1927, by authority of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, it became State Teachers College at Indiana, with the right to grant degrees. The name was changed in 1959 to Indiana State College. In 1965, the institution became Indiana University of ...
State College evolved from a village to a town to serve the needs of Pennsylvania State College, which was founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. State College was incorporated as a borough on August 29, 1896, and it has grown with the college, which was renamed The Pennsylvania State University in 1953.
Happy Valley, Pennsylvania is a region of Centre County that contains the borough of State College, and the townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson. Collectively, these municipalities comprise the Centre Region Council of Governments.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, one of two the largest university of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, first opened in 1875 as the Indiana Normal School. Upon opening, John Sutton Hall was the school's only building, housing dormitories for all 225 students. Sutton Hall additionally held classroom and office space, an ...
Indiana State College may refer to: Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania; known as Indiana State College from 1959-1965 Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana; known as Indiana State College from 1961-1965
The Centre Furnace Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the headquarters of the Centre County Historical Society, located in State College, Pennsylvania. The Mansion, the ironmaster's residence for Centre Furnace , has been restored and is furnished to reflect the period of residency of ironmaster Moses Thompson ...