First Public Grammar School

Located on this site

On June 17, 1785, the Vermont General Assembly enacted a law which designated “the place for keeping a County Grammar School in and for Windsor County, shall be at the house commonly known by the name the Red Schoolhouse in Norwich,” thus initiating the provision of Vermont’s First Constitution for schools of secondary learning.

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street (U.S. 5) and Main Street (U.S. 5), on the left when traveling east on Church Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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