Middlebury’s Center Schoolhouse – Part III of III

#MiddleburyCT #CenterSchool By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Following the death of Elise Hamilton (Myers) Bristol (b. 1879) in 1924, her husband, Professor William Henry Bristol (1859-1930), ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury’s Center Schoolhouse – Part II of III

#MiddleburyCT #CenterSchool By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD John Howard Whittemore’s offer to build a new Center School was part of a larger plan for Middlebury Center. It was he who had ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury’s Center Schoolhouse – Part I of III

#MiddleburyCT #CenterSchool By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Last year marked the 125th anniversary of the Center School building, located off the Green on Library Road (so named because Center ... Continue Reading →

Another look at Delia Bronson

It Happened in Middlebury By AGNES C. LUTES It was with great trepidation I ascended the stairs to the Middlebury Public Library. My grammar school self was sure what was waiting inside ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Chalk it up to history

By AGNES C. LUTES The beautiful Middlebury Historical Society building, originally Center School, has its original 1897 blackboards. By the time the school was built, large slate black ... Continue Reading →