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The East Windsor Academy, now known as the Scantic Academy-East Windsor Historical Society Museum, is a historic school building at 115 Scantic Road in
East Windsor, Connecticut East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 census. The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville. History In 1633, Settlers laid cl ...
. Built in 1817 as a private academy, it has seen use as a parish hall, apartments, and a public school before its conversion to a museum. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1998.


Description and history

The East Windsor Academy building is located in East Windsor's Scantic village, on the east side of Scantic Road (
Connecticut Route 191 Route 191 is a state highway in northern Connecticut, running from East Windsor to Enfield. Route description Route 191 begins as Phelps Road at an intersection with US 5 in the town of East Windsor. It heads east through the village of Sca ...
). It is a two-story brick building with a gable roof and a brownstone foundation. Its front facade is six bays wide, with entrances in the outer bays, and sash windows elsewhere. The side elevations feature fully pedimented gables with fanlights at the center. Windows are set in rectangular openings, with brownstone sills and splayed soldier brick headers. The school was built in 1817 as a private academy, a role it served until 1871, when the building was sold to the First Congregational Church for use as a parish hall. The prominent educator Ezra Stiles taught here for a time, and one of its better known pupils was
Junius Morgan Junius Spencer Morgan I (April 14, 1813 – April 8, 1890) was an American banker and financier, as well as the father of John Pierpont "J.P." Morgan and patriarch to the Morgan banking house. In 1864, he established J. S. Morgan & Co. in L ...
, father to financier
J. P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known ...
. In 1896 the building again became a school, which eventually became a public school. This period of use closed in 1938, and it was later converted to apartments before being given to the local historical society. The property now also includes other buildings used as exhibit spaces by the society.


See also

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References


External links


East Windsor Historical Society

Scantic Academy Museum
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