Stamford Historical Society Building and its History

The Stamford Historical Society

SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS ON HIGH RIDGE ROAD

click on photos to see larger picture

WILLARD SCHOOL, 1913.* The foundation is being laid for the new consolidated school on High Ridge Road. The pupils of High Ridge, North Stamford, Roxbury, and Turn of River one-room schools were transferred here when it opened in 1914.

WILLARD SCHOOL c. 1918.* Standing in the third row, third from right is Mrs. Martha Hoyt. She retired as principal in 1933 at the age of 70. in 1940 the school was renamed Martha Hoyt School in her honor.

WILLARD SCHOOL MEMORIAL, 1919.* Soldiers from North Stamford, which was outside the city limits, were welcomed home at Willard School on August 29, 1919. Later a bronze plaque was placed on the school's front lawn in memory of those who served in W.W.I. from «Rural Stamford.»

WILLARD SCHOOL Graduating Class, June 1934. Mr. Stuart Patterson, Principal, Miss Helen Tobin, Teacher.

MARTHA HOYT SCHOOL, c.1984, at about the time the building became the headquarters of the STAMFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

DRAWING by CHRIS CLAPES, 1994

* These photos can be found in Images of America.
www.stamfordhistory.org
About us

	WILLARD SCHOOL, 1913.* The foundation is being laid for the new consolidated school on High Ridge Road. The pupils of High Ridge, North Stamford, Roxbury, and Turn of River one-room schools were transferred here when it opened in 1914.
	WILLARD SCHOOL c. 1918.* Standing in the third row, third from right is Mrs. Martha Hoyt. She retired as principal in 1933 at the age of 70. in 1940 the school was renamed Martha Hoyt School in her honor.
	WILLARD SCHOOL MEMORIAL, 1919.* Soldiers from North Stamford, which was outside the city limits, were welcomed home at Willard School on August 29, 1919. Later a bronze plaque was placed on the school's front lawn in memory of those who served in W.W.I. from «Rural Stamford.»
	WILLARD SCHOOL Graduating Class, June 1934. Mr. Stuart Patterson, Principal, Miss Helen Tobin, Teacher.
	MARTHA HOYT SCHOOL, c.1984, at about the time the building became the headquarters of the STAMFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
	DRAWING by CHRIS CLAPES, 1994