Lorimier School News Today

In a Facebook post, the Kellerman Foundation for Historic Preservation said the old City Hall would house their historic items.

The chronic need for trained teachers in Missouri gave rise to the normal school movement. The movement gained momentum in the 1850s, was delayed by the Civil War, and came to the forefront thereafter. The state legislature created a third normal school district in Southeast Missouri in 1873 after establishment of the first two schools in Kirksville and Warrensburg.