Reply
A former schoolhouse built more than two centuries ago in the Scantic section of East Windsor. (East Windsor Historical Society)
EAST WINDSOR, CT — Today's edition of this periodic informal history series, highlighting businesses from East Windsor's past and what those locations look like today, brings us back to a great picture book called Images of America: East Windsor. Released in 2017, the book was compiled by Ceil Donahue and Jessica Bottomley for the East Windsor Historical Society.
On page 42, we find the Scantic Academy, constructed in 1817 as an institute for higher learning, offering higher English and classical studies, for the Ecclesiastical Society. After being taken out of service as a school, the building served numerous functions, including an exhibition hall and a grange.