Editing University of Minnesota Duluth (section)

===Early history and plans for Duluth Normal School===
[[File:State Normal School 2.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The preserved facade of the Duluth Normal School. Three extant buildings of this campus are now part of the University of Minnesota Duluth]]
Although the University of Minnesota Duluth did not officially make its appearance until 1947, plans for a college in the Duluth area were first made in the 1890s.<ref>Duluth:300 Years, Sieur duLhut Tricentennial Committee, Duluth. 1979.</ref> The state legislature planned for a teaching school for women (then referred to as a [[normal school]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barger |first=Robert N. |date=2004-06-15 |title=The Normal School |url=https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/normal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205023243/https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/normal.html |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The History of American Education Web Project}}</ref> and in 1895 they passed a bill authorizing the "State Normal School at Duluth".<ref>Zenith: A Postcard Perspective of Historic Duluth. Dierckins, Tony. X-Communication, Duluth, Minnesota. 2006.</ref><ref>Duluth: Then and Now, Duluth News Tribune, Duluth. 2005</ref>

In 1896, the City of Duluth donated {{convert|6|acre|ha}} of land to serve as a foundation for the school, and the state legislature provided additional funds for the construction costs for the main building in 1899, which was built in 1900.

In February 1901, a fire caused extensive damage to the school and the following year, the school was rebuilt.<ref>Duluth’s Legacy Volume 1: Architecture. Scott, James Allen. The City of Duluth and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Duluth, Minnesota. 1974.</ref>