The Williams Memorial institute opened as a high school for girls on Broad Street in New London in 1891. The school was privately endowed by a bequest from the estate of Harriet Peck Williams as a memorial to her son, Thomas W. Williams II, a mechant who died in 1855. After New London High School opened in 1951, the Institute became a college preparatory school. The Williams School moved to the campus of Connecticut College in 1954. The Richardsonian Romanesque-style former school building, designed by the firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, became a courthouse of the Connecticut State Judicial system in 1972. The state purchased the building in 1997. It has recently been renovated.

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Williams Memorial Institute (1891)

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  • June 10, 2015 at 12:11 pm
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    Hi , My Mother (Gladys Hartman) was Class of 1938 and would like to send a donation but needs an address and phone # .

    Thanks You Glenn Olsen
    386-986-5477 cell
    386-283-5300 home

  • July 1, 2018 at 9:43 am
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    Does anyone have a copy of the yearbook Legenda for the years 1922 thru 1926? Would like to locate a person in it and get a copy. Will cpmpensate

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