50 Years Ago
Southington's 1750 Colonial Schoolhouse was a source of Bicentennial Pride. West St. Farmers gave it a new coat of paint. Now it's our turn.
Preserve Southington History
Help Restore West Street School
Southington's Colonial School House · 1750 – 1945
West Street School is Southington's oldest surviving school building — a colonial one-room schoolhouse at 1432 West Street that taught its first students in 1750 and served until 1945. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it's now being restored through the Southington Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
The Exhibits
The Story, Told Backward
100 Years Ago
The West St. farm families gathered every summer to celebrate their Colonial One Room Schoolhouse.
250 Years Ago
The students of West St. School were British — until one day when they were taught they were citizens of a new country called the United States.
275+ Years Ago — in 1750
West St. School taught its first students right where it stands today. Back then the area was in the town of Farmington in the British Colony of CT. West St. School's earliest students fought in the Revolutionary War.
St. Thomas Church — built 1865, demolished 2025.
Don't let this happen to West St. School.
Support the Restoration
Now it's our turn.
Every gift is tax-deductible through the Southington Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Help Us Build the Archive
We are looking for West Street School photos, objects, papers, articles, and stories.
West Street School Students, 1922 — Miss Jackson with the Children of Farm Families
Arszyla, Borovsky, Borysewicz, Buchko, Burzler, Dlugolenski, Duksa, Edele, Natchiko, Owen, Sepko, Smoron, Tolles
Open Houses & Events
Visit an Open House
Open House Day — Saturday, June 20, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free admission, two historic stops, and a free drawing to win Jesse Olney's 1835 Modern Geography — the book that made the Southington author famous.
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