McGuffey Hall is an academic building at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. McGuffey Hall is home to Miami University's College of Education, Health and Society. The hall was named after William Holmes McGuffey, father of the McGuffey Readers textbook series. McGuffey Hall housed the School of Education (known as the "Ohio State Normal College" in its early days of 1902, the "Teachers' College" from 1916–29, at which time the name was changed to "School of Education". It also housed the McGuffey Elementary Laboratory School, which came into existence in 1910, and which was and still used by the University for observation and practice teaching purposes. History The laboratory school, consisting of kindergarten and twelve grades, was originally known as the "Normal College Model School of Miami University." However within a year after it came into being (1911), the name of the school was changed to McGuffey Schools," in honor of the man who organized the first teachers' training class in Ohio. The McGuffey Schools were located in the south section, and the building still was referred to as the South Pavilion of the Normal College Building. Until construction of the Central Pavilion in 1916, the South and North Pavilions were separate buildings. The North and Central Pavilions provided accommodations for work of the Teacher's College. In 1916-17 the entire Normal College Building was renamed "McGuffey Hall." William Holmes McGuffey William McGuffey was a Miami professor of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew from 1826–32, a professor of mental philosophy, philology, and general criticism at Miami from 1832–36, and author of the famed McGuffey Eclectic Readers, which were widely used in schools throughout the nation during the last half of the 19th century. McGuffey received is A.B. degree from Washington College in Pennsylvania in 1826 and his D.D. degree from Washington College in 1842. (1826 – 1836) - McGuffey was a faculty member of Miami. (1836 – 1839) – He was president of Cincinnati College. (1843 – 1845) – He was president of Ohio University. (1843 – 1845) – He taught at Woodward College Construction The present McGuffey Hall structure was built in three different sections. The original building was constructed in 1909. Later additions and sections were erected years later. The use for the building was set to be the School of Education and Elementary Laboratory School. The total cost of the building was $364,000 with those funds coming from the state.