CRANE INSTITUTE
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NYS Historic
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Education
- Congdon Hall, 56 Main St, Potsdam, NY 13676, USA
- 44.668754, -74.979874
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Potsdam Public Museum
CRANE INSTITUTE
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CRANE INSTITUTEMUSIC SCHOOL FOUNDED HERE 1886
BY JULIA E. CRANE TO EDUCATE
MUSIC TEACHERS. PURCHASED BY
NYS 1926. BECAME CRANE SCHOOL
OF MUSIC AT SUNY POTSDAM.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021
In 1886, musician and teacher Julia Ettie Crane (1855-1923) founded the Crane Normal Institute of Music. The school trained public school music teachers and Julia served as its director until her death. Her obituary published in the Courier Freeman noted that she was “nationally known as a leader in the field of public school teaching.” After Julia’s death, New York State purchased the Crane Normal Institute of Music in 1926, establishing it as a department of Potsdam State Normal and Training School, later SUNY Potsdam. It continues today as the Crane School of Music, one of three schools that make up SUNY Potsdam. In 1986 Julia Crane was inducted into the Music Educators Hall of Fame.
