TOTOKET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Schools From The Past
A collection of photos from the history of North Branford + Northford
District 1 School
Beech Corner School - Early 1900s 1st District. This building is now incorporated into a home.
Miss Ethel Bent, Teacher, Beech Corner School - 1912
In those days when a female teacher married, she was terminated. In addition, women were paid only about a third of what a male teacher was paid.
The Center School
2nd District, built in 1876. Note the outhouse on the right. This building has been a school, the Town Hall, Senior Center and now Totoket TV.
Totoket School (Mill Road School)
3rd District. This building is now incorporated into a home.
Mill Road School
Note the 5 boys with no shoes.
4th District School, the Little Red School House
Although this school house was known to be in deplorable condition as early as the mid 1880s it was not replaced until 1904. For several years in the 1890s the school was not used for lack of scholars.
4th District School
This is the building which replaced The Little Red School house in 1904. It is now Natureworks on Forest Road.
5th District School
This schoolhouse was located on Village Street opposite Foote Hill Road.
6th District School
Located on Old Post Road where the former William Douglas School was and Aces is now
Inside the 6th District School 1912
7th District School
located just south of Reeds Gap Road on the west side of Middletown Avenue. Miss Smith, Teacher. Some of you may remember Fiori Bianchi who ran a hardware store on Reeds Gap Road West. He is the boy on the far right in the photo.
Deacon Charles Page
taught at the LittleRed School House in the mid 1800s (about the time of the Civil War.) He had a reputation of being a very severe teacher.
William Douglas School
Construction on the school was done in 1924-1952 and 1960. Behind the school where the playground was, the original St. Andrews Church was built. There was a rock commerating where the church building stood. Does anyone remember this rock or if it’s still there? In 1983 there were meetings about turning the school into a community center for the Over 60 club, the Visiting Nurses and other activities. Did this ever happen?
