The Williams School

The Williams School
The former Williams Memorial Institute
building at 110 Broad Street
Address
Map
182 Mohegan Ave

,
Connecticut
06320

United States
Coordinates41°22′35″N 72°06′14″W / 41.3763°N 72.1038°W / 41.3763; -72.1038
Information
Former nameThe Williams Memorial Institute
School typePrivate
Established1891 (133 years ago) (1891)
FounderHarriet Peck Williams
Head of schoolMark Fader
Grades6-12
Enrollment236
Color(s)Blue and white
  
MascotThe Blues
Websitewww.williamsschool.org
Williams Memorial Institute
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectShepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.78002876[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1978

The Williams School is a private co-educational secondary school in New London, Connecticut, that offers classes from 6th grade to 12th grade.[2] It was founded as the Williams Memorial Institute (WMI) by Harriet Peck Williams in 1891, following the death of her son Thomas W. Williams II, a well-known whaling merchant.[3]

The school was originally located at 110 Broad Street in New London, but moved when it merged with Connecticut College in 1954. Despite the merger, it remains a legally separate entity. The original building became a Connecticut state courthouse in 1972, and was purchased by the state in 1997.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "About Williams". The Williams School. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Carol, Kimball (December 1, 1988). "The birth of Williams Memorial Institute". The Day.
  4. ^ "Williams Memorial Institute 1891" Historic Buildings of Connecticut