Plainfield Academy was an early school in Connecticut. It educated many students who went on to prominence. It was founded in 1770 before the Revolutionary War[1] and closed in 1890.[2] One of the school buildings was documented for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The school was in Wyndham County.[3] The school attracted students from around New England and was considered one of the best in Connecticut.[4] Chickasaw Indians were among its pupils.[4]

History

Ebenezer Pemberton was the school's first principal.[5] Land for the school was given by Lydia German and others.[6] The school was coeducational, teaching men and women together.[7] Teacher and educational reformer Prudence Crandall, who taught nearby, was inspired by its model including the way it avoided corporal punishment.[7]

An image of the school is included in the 1917 publication The Government of the People in the State of Connecticut noting it as one of Connecticut's most significant educational institutions.[8]

Legacy

After the school closed, two of its buildings (White Hall and Brock Hall) were used for district schools.[5] Rev. Lucien Burleigh was principal of its grammar school from 1855 until 1860.[4] John Witter also served as principal.[6]

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Town History". www.plainfieldhistory.org.
  2. ↑ "Plainfield Academy: Grooming Connecticut Scholars in the 18th and 19th Centuries | Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project". 22 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Old Academy, Plainfield, Windham County, CT". Library of Congress.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Donald E. Jr. (June 3, 2014). Prudence Crandall's Legacy: The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819574718 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Lincoln, Allen B. (November 30, 1920). "A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 Larned, Ellen Douglas (1880). "History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1760-1880".
  7. 1 2 Williams, Donald E. (2014-06-03). Prudence Crandall's Legacy: The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. ISBN 9780819574718.
  8. ↑ Douglas, Charles Henry (1917). "The Government of the People in the State of Connecticut".

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