Originally known as the First Society School, East Haddam’s Nathan Hale Schoolhouse was named after Connecticut local teacher Nathan Hale who taught 33 boys and girls there in 1773. The reason that this little single-room schoolhouse is important is that Nathan Hale exchanged teaching for spying back in 1776 and was later caught and hanged by the British during the American Revolution, which has made him something of a local hero. The little red school house has been furnished with the kind of desks and other furniture which would have been used in the 1700’s to give visitors an authentic glimpse of a typical one-room schoolhouse. You may visit the schoolhouse from June to October.

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, 29 Main Street, East Haddam, CT 06423

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