broke out in Old Main and completely destroyed it. No one was harmed, as it was during a term break. Local public buildings and churches offered space for classes and administrative business until a new main building, College Hall, was constructed in 1924.
The 1915 Model School Building, now Phelps Hall, and the 1924 College Hall, now Somsen Hall, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 for having local significance in education. They were nominated as examples of the normal school movement, which helped shape public education in Minnesota. Winona Normal School was Minnesota's first teacher training school and first laboratory school, and operated from 1860 to 1971.
The student newspaper has been called The Winonan since 1922.
=== Name changes ===
First State Normal School of Minnesota (1858)
Winona Normal School (1873)
Winona State Teachers' College (1921)
Winona State College (1957)
Winona State University (1975)
== Academics ==
Winona State University offers 65 undergraduate …
