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The Pennsylvania State University was founded in 1855, and in 1863 the school became Pennsylvania's land-grant university under the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Temple University in Philadelphia was founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell , originally as a night school for working-class citizens.
At a second meeting that was held at the courthouse on August 23 of that year, a resolution was adopted that would turn the academy into a normal school. [28] The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed an act on March 4, 1870, concerning the foundation of a normal school, and on September 14, the cornerstone at the main building was laid.
Public schools located in Germantown include the Anna L. Lingelbach School (K–8), the John B. Kelly School (K–6), the John Wister Elementary School (K–6), the Hill Freedman Middle School (6–8), the Theodore Roosevelt Middle School (7–8), the Fitler Academics Plus School (1–8), and the Martin Luther King High School (9–12).
This is a list of school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a U.S. state. The article for each Pennsylvania county with more than one school district includes a map showing all public school districts in the county. Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277.
Concord School House: Philadelphia, Germantown: 1775 School White Horse Tavern (Douglassville, Pennsylvania) Douglassville: 1780 Tavern The building operated as a tavern for 90 years until it was converted into a three-family residence in 1870. In 1971, the building was restored and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Meeting founded 1690. This parcel acquired 1693 and used as a burial ground. Previous meeting houses built 1705, 1812. School founded 1845. Several school buildings on site. PA-6654: Masonic Temple of Germantown 5423–27 Germantown Ave. 1873 Additions/alterations 1915, 1920. Three stories, stone with wood trim in the Gothic Revival style
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf; Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh) Whitpain Public School; Wightman School; Roger Williams Public School No. 10; Wilson College (Pennsylvania) Woodland Hills Academy (Pennsylvania) Woolslair Elementary School; Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse; Wyoming Seminary
In 1863, the school experienced a bit of a setback when some of its resources departed to found a competitor, the Philadelphia Dental College (which later merged into Temple University), and the school also moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. In 1878, another disruption occurred when the University of Pennsylvania began its own dental school.