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ABOVE: Meola & Meola Building at 15 South St, next to the Paramount Theatre is on the site of Middletown's first school house.
AT RIGHT is the historical marker erected on the site. Photo taken January 17, 1988 by Peter Laskaris
BELOW: Painting done c1865 by Julia E. Bradner of North St. shows Middletown Bank at left, which was built on the site of Middletown's second school, Grace Church would be on the left, out of the painting. The small house and barn stood about where Depot St. is, and the building at right stood on the corner, now site of a small park.
FIRST SCHOOL SITE
PRIVATE SCHOOL BUILT ON THIS SITE G. 1790, USED AS A
PUBLIC SCHOOL 1813 - 1818 TORN DOWN TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL AT NORTH 8 DEPOT ST.