Escuela Normal José Manuel Estrada, Teacher training school in Corrientes, Argentina

The Escuela Normal José Manuel Estrada is a teacher training school in Corrientes featuring a main building with a polygonal entrance and two lateral wings housing classrooms, workshops, and administrative areas. Additional facilities include physics and chemistry laboratories, an auditorium, and a Natural History Museum located at Sargento Cabral 2120.

The school was founded in 1887 as part of a larger push to professionalize teacher education in the region. In the early 1900s, specialized buildings were added that introduced new standards for educational architecture and practical training spaces.

Locals call it the Escuela Regional, and the facade reads "ESCUELA Nmal. DE PROFESORES JOSE MANUEL ESTRADA". It was named after José Manuel Estrada, and since 1903 it served as the Litoral region's normal school, drawing boarders from Entre Ríos, Chaco, Santa Fe, Formosa and Misiones.

The school stands at Sargento Juan Cabral 2120, and the name "ESCUELA Nmal. DE PROFESORES JOSE MANUEL ESTRADA" is legible on the facade. The 1904 project by architect Carlos Altgelt placed the director's office, gymnasium, classrooms, workshops and drawing rooms on the ground floor, with the assembly hall, physics and chemistry cabinets and Natural History Museum upstairs. It is a working school, so access follows its academic calendar.

The 1904 project by architect Carlos Altgelt was commissioned under Law No. 4270 on school buildings. The plan also covered a director's residence, five teachers' houses and boarding pavilions, but changes halted works partly until 1913. The facade still reads «ESCUELA Nmal. DE PROFESORES JOSE MANUEL ESTRADA».