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.
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.
"[2] 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.
(1843 – 1845) – He taught at Woodward College[4] The present McGuffey Hall structure was built in three different sections.
[6] The building is located on a slightly rolling area of ground in conjunction with and a part of the total university campus.
[8] The cafeteria was built in 1922 and involved the excavation of additional room under the south pavilion of the building.
[9] McGuffey Hall serves as the primary home of the College of Education, Health and Society at Miami University.
The Ohio legislature authorized its establishment "to provide proper theoretical and practical training for all students desiring to prepare themselves for the work of teaching.