Academy Hill Historic District
Academy Hill
Historic District
Established April 14, 1988
First known as Watch House Hill, where the first settlers manned a blockhouse and a palisade to guard the town from threats of Dutch and Indian attack.
Renamed Meeting House Hill when the townsmen built a new meeting house on its southeast corner in 1680.
And called Academy Hill since the Stratford Academy opened here in 1805.
This common has been a gathering place for Stratford’s people for over 350 years.
Marker is at the intersection of Academy Hill and Elm Street, on the left when traveling east on Academy Hill.
Courtesy hmdb.org
