Worcester State University

Worcester State University is an American liberal arts and sciences university located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1874 as the Massachusetts State Normal School at Worcester, WSU was the fifth of nine teachers training colleges in the state. In the late 19th century Worcester had become a major industrial center and Worcester city officials created a training school for teachers to serve the city's burgeoning public school system. Spurred by the success of this city-run normal school, the Worcester School Committee successfully petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for a state-sponsored teacher training institution in the city.
The original campus was located on St. Ann's Hill near the city's downtown where the school's gothic stone classroom building was built in 1874. By 1900, the campus also included a president's house, a women's dormitory called "Stoddard Terrace" and a distinctive turreted gymnasium annex to the main building. This campus would serve WSU for nearly sixty years until the current Chandler Street campus opened in 1932.

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