The Old Academy

The Old Academy

Erected 1801 – 1804 by the first school society to further the cause of higher education; Daniel Buck, Levi Churchill, Stephen Chester, committee. The school herein established was later greatly helped by income from funds donated by the Rose Family, which will ever continue to benefit Wethersfield's high school. In this ancient building the men of Wethersfield were enlisted in the World War, 1917 – 1918.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

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