One of the historic structures on Jordan Green in Waterford is the 1740 Jordan Schoolhouse, the oldest surviving public building in Waterford. The earliest mention of a schoolhouse in Jordan actually dates to 1737. The present schoolhouse building was converted into a private home in the mid-nineteenth century for the widow Eliza Gallup and her three children. The building’s granite front steps came originally from the nineteenth-century West Neck Schoolhouse. The Jordan Schoolhouse was moved to Jordan Green in 1972 and is now a museum run by the Waterford Historical Society.
Jordan Schoolhouse (1740)
I’m was looking for pictures of Old Schoolhouses in Connecticut and I came upon your picture. I was wondering if I could have your permission to reprint. I work for a nonprofit association representing boards of education in Connecticut. I would be more than willing to give you credit for the picture.
Bonnie