On Our Campus
In 1858, SUNY Oswego’s founder Edward Austin Sheldon paid $2,000 for eight acres of lakeshore land to build his family home. He constructed Shady Shore from a light wood frame embedded by concrete in 1857. From 1919 to the early 1930s, the house was only used for storage. Upon moving in, Ralph Swetman (President from 1933-1947) had the stone porch put on and changed the rooflines, adding a second story in the back. Since Swetman, every university president has lived in Shady Shore and made their own mark on its décor.
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