The California State University is California's system of public universities. Headquartered in Long Beach, the system includes 22 campuses and seven off-campus centers, and serves more than 460,000 s
California State University, Chico was founded in 1887 as the Northern Branch of the State Normal School.
The California Polytechnic School, established in 1901, eventually became today's California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
San Diego State Normal School, founded in 1897, became San Diego State Teachers College in 1923 and eventually San Diego State University.
The Cal Poly Maritime Academy was founded in 1929 as the California Nautical School.
San José State University is a public research university in San Jose, California, United States. Established in 1857 as the state's first normal school, it is the oldest public university in the west
California State University
…California. The school was taken over by the state in 1862 and moved to San Jose. Renamed the California State Normal School, it eventually evolved into San Jose State University. A southern branch of the California State Normal School was established in Los Angeles in 1882. In 1887, the California State Legislature dropped the…
Dashaway Hall, one of six sites in San Francisco that housed the State Normal School before a permanent location was chosen in San Jose
The first building on Washington Square, which was destroyed in a fire in 1880
Initially built to replace the building that was destroyed in 1880, the second State Normal School Building was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The California State Normal School Bell, forged in 1881, still graces the San Jose campus.