Welcome
to the Trumbull Historical Society Early Schools Photo Page. Click on any picture below to view it in a larger size.
The Chestnut Hill One-Room School House - 1905
Come take a trip in memory's ship down where the school bell rang. In Dorothy Seeley's
"Tales of Trumbull's Past", David Wakeley recalls the Chestnut Hill School, located on Chestnut
Hill Road. "We were drilled daily on the three R's. If you didn't learn your lesson, it was
just too bad. The teacher had a kerosene lamp and didn't care how long she stayed after school
with you. It was agonizing but we had to remember long stanzas of poetry, such as The Village
Blacksmith, The First Snowfall, and Abou Ben Adhem. We had outside plumbing with boys and girls
entrances side by side. A Sears catalog was always handy, reposing in the box by one of the
seats. There was a pump in the schoolyard with a chain and a crank which we had to turn to get
water. We threw turtles, frogs and lizards into the well, and lots of other things, and then
drank the water. We had one common dipper, used by teacher and pupils alike."
Daniel's Farm Schoolhouse
Established in 1857, the Daniels Farm Schoolhouse was one of Trumbull's earliest.
Lower Long Hill School
Looking south on Main Street, when it was just a dirt road. Located at the corner of Main
and Lake Avenue on a triangular plot of land. It has since been moved and converted to a
residence, the first house on the left side of Lake Avenue from Main Street. This school
educated half of the children in the Long Hill section of town.
Lower Long Hill School
Looking north on Main Street. Morgan Chapel is in the background.
Upper Long Hill School
Located off Broadway Road, this was old Long Hill's second school. These were the
days before the school bus and all children walked to school.
Upper Long Hill School
Another earlier picture of the Upper Long Hill School.
Upper Long Hill School Classroom
The classroom of the Upper Long Hill was heated by a wood burning stove. This stove
is now displayed at the Trumbull Historical Society's museum.
White Plains School
White Plains School Classroom
Children sat at benches instead of desks back in the early days of Trumbull's public schools
Tashua School
Teacher and Children pose in front of Tashua School.
Center School
Center School stood on White Plains Road directly across from Reservoir Avenue, where the
"888 White Plains Road" office building stands today (next to the Trumbull Center Fire Station).
Edison School
Edison School stood where the Trumbull Police station stands today.
Hill's High School
Hill's High School was established in 1873. It was Trumbull's
first high school and was located on Teller Road (formerly Parlor Rock Road). Established by
Beach Hill, a graduate of Yale's class of 1868, the school was a prominent boarding and day
school of the later 1800's.
Prospectus of "Hill's High School"
Room, board, laundry and education were provided to its students for a cost of $5 per
week. Many prominent individuals attended this academy of higher learning. Click on the
Prospectus tile on the right to download the full document.
Long Hill School
This school looks pretty much the same way today as it did when it
was built in 1920. Notice however, the north parking lot is not there. Can you find the old
car in the enlarged picture?
