Alberta Teachers House
United States historic place
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The Alberta Teachers House is a historic house in Alberta, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1917 to provide urbane, apartment-like housing for faculty of the adjacent school as part of the era's efforts to modernize rural education.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for having local significance in the themes of education and social history.[3] It was nominated for its associations with a key period in the development of Minnesota's rural education system. At the time the state's numerous one-room schoolhouses were being consolidated into fewer, larger facilities centered in towns and cities. The Alberta Teachers House was an experiment by the General Education Board, a national philanthropic foundation, intended to engender community building and make rural teaching posts more appealing.[2]
Alberta Teachers House | |
The Alberta Teachers House from the northeast | |
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| Location | Main Street, Alberta, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 45°34′33.3″N 96°2′54″W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architectural style | American Craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000942[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 1983 |