Muncy Normal and High School, erected in 1873, was described in its early catalogues as centrally located with a magnificent view of the entire valley, including the Susquehanna Water Gap six miles below and the North Mountain twenty miles in the opposite direction. Its curriculum included teachers and normal, college preparatory, and business courses. In 1908, the school acquired the former Lycoming Mutual Fire Insurance building on South Main Street directly in front of the Normal School to provide more space, and the Executive Building added classrooms, offices, and a reading room. Many Muncy homes served as boarding places for out-of-town residents, and in 1911 rates were $3.50 per seven-day week and $2.50 to $3 per five-day week. About 1922, when the school became a branch of Mansfield State College, it functioned primarily as a teacher education institution until 1927. The building then continued in use as a grade and high school until 1932, when Muncy built its native stone school house on West Penn Street. In 1938, the Normal School was razed to make way for Hoffman Seed and Grain Company, a mill that processed corn and grain and sold across the East Coast until the latter part of the 20th Century, with several storage facilities for collecting and processing seed corn shipped throughout the Northeast. After the plant was razed, the McCarty Apartments were built on the vacant lot.