Oneonta Normal School
1889 AD founded
SUNY Oneonta is established in 1889 as the Oneonta Normal School, as part of founding normal schools across the state to train teachers and expand public education.
It was located in a building nicknamed "Old Main" at the top of Maple Street in the city of Oneonta. The school's first principal was James M. Milne, for whom the college's current library is named.
For nearly 40 years, Old Main was the only building on campus, until 1933 when Bugbee School was built. Named after Percy I. Bugbee, the second principal of the Oneonta Normal School, Bugbee School provided an on-campus training facility for the student teachers attending the normal school.
In 1948, the college became a founding member of the State University of New York system, and the Oneonta Normal School was officially renamed the State University College of Education in 1951.
Lattitude: 42.4558° N
Longitude: 75.0622° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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