History

The original Roxbury School still stands at the intersection of Long Ridge, Roxbury, and Stillwater Roads. It was a one-room, one-teacher school with grades one through eight. It was built in the early 1800's by Samuel E. Finch, the owner of the surrounding farmland. The entire area used to be called "Finch's Corner."

No one knows exactly why he used the name "Roxbury." Perhaps from Roxbury, Massachusetts or Roxborough, England. Old-timers claim it came from "Rocksbury" because of the many rocks with which they had to cope while clearing the land. What do you think?

Here are some photographs of the original schoolhouse from the collection of The Stamford Historical Society.

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Samuel E. Finch owned the property upon which the original Roxbury School was built. Here is his daughter Dorothy in front of her school.   A view from Long Ridge Road, this is how the schoolhouse looked in 1925. It has been used for commercial businesses since the mid-1920's.
 
Referred to as "The Little Red Schoolhouse," here are a few students from 1918.

Shown from left to right are Walter Hoffman, John Pustari, Aaron Gladstone, Fred Stevens, and Frank Williams.

 		 This is a group of students and teachers from 1903 in front of the original schoolhouse
These images and the historical narrative were taken from plaques located in the main entryway of Roxbury School.

The plaques were a gift from the 5th Grade class of 1996.
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