Dates of Interest

  • 1690: First Public School established in Woodstock.
  • 1738: The first Quasset Schoolhouse (district #4) was built.
  • 1854 (approx. date): The current Quasset Schoolhouse was originally built.
  • 1944: The last regular session was held, giving Quasset the distinction of being one of the oldest one-room school districts in America in continuous use, a little more than 200 years.
  • 1954: Quasset moved to it's present location on the grounds of the Elementary School.The U.S. Commissioner of Education and Connecticut Governor Lodge dedicated Quasset School as a National Shrine to Public Education.
  • 1963: The Lt. Ambassador of England representing Woodstock, England presented Quasset School with a portrait of King George II and a replica of the Union Jack that would have flown for the 27 years that the school was under British rule. Two oak trees from the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England, birthplace of Winston Churchill, were planted near the building.