In partnership with the Town of Avon, The Avon Historical Society, Inc. is happy to announce that renovations of the 200-year-old one-room schoolhouse, located at 8 East Main Street (Route 44), have commenced! Set in Avon's original and historic center, the Avon History Museum will open in 2024. Schoolhouse No.

Due to ongoing pandemic recommendations for historic sites, AHS has decided that the 1865 Pine Grove School should remain closed for the summer season. For complete details, please refer to this press release.

The area surrounding the Pine Grove Schoolhouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, however, the designated area went “unmarked” until recently. In early 2020, the Society was finally able to post a marker through funding by a $1,100 grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation,

The Rev. Rufus Hawley 1826 gravestone was deteriorated and needed to be replaced. A new one, made of comparable grade stone from Vermont, was handcrafted by artisan and historian Randall Nelson of Willington, CT with funds donated by the Marilyn Lindsay Foundation and the Marilyn Lindsay Revocable Trust. Attending the