Bacon Academy | |
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| Location | 84 Main Street, Colchester, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°34′24″N 72°19′59″W / 41.57333°N 72.33306°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1803 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Federal |
| Part of | Colchester Village Historic District (ID94000254) |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004364[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 27, 1982 |
| Designated CP | April 4, 1994 |
The Bacon Academy, nicknamed Old Bacon Academy, was the original Bacon Academy. The Old Bacon Academy was built in 1803 and is located at 84 Main Street, Colchester, Connecticut. The main structure is a 70 feet (21 m) long by 34 feet (10 m) wide three-story Flemish bond brick structure with Federal style details. Noted for its plain, utilitarian floor plan consisting of two rooms off a central hall and stairway, the inside has seen some renovations throughout its history. The Day Hall, a contributing property purchased by the Bacon Academy trustees in 1929, is a church hall that was used for the high school until 1962.
Originally operating as a white male school, Bacon Academy integrated nonwhite children around 1833 and began to educate women in 1842. The school has educated important figures like Edwin Denison Morgan, Morgan Bulkeley, William A. Buckingham, Lyman Trumbull, and Morrison Waite. Due to the structure's utilitarian style combined with its Federal details, the National Register of Historic Places recognizes it as architecturally significant. Currently, the Old Bacon Academy building is used as part of an alternative education program and Day Hall is used as a nursery. The properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
