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The Wilson's Mill school which was build about 1897. In that year the school wagon plan was adopted and many small schools were closed. This building stood opposite Wilson's Mill, so it would have been on the west side of Congress St. across from…

Students at the Washington School, 1930.

A group of students in front of the Sherman School in 1910. The card is labeled with "Miss Scofield."

The figure second from the left in the second row (with arm on desk) is Katherine Burr.

The Center District School (Sherman School) on the right and the Fire House on the left. Both buildings in this photo faced the Post Road, at the corner of Reef Road. The school was on Sherman Green and the fire house stood where the stores at…

Hobart House

289 Beach Road

This home was built by Justin Hobart in 1765. It was left standing during the burning of Fairfield in 1779. Meetings and court was held at the home until a church was built in 1785. During World War I it was used as…

The John Osborne House is one of the oldest structures in Fairfield, dating back to at least the early 1700s. Captain John Osborne once lived in this house.

Damage caused to beachfront property on Fairfield Beach by the Hurricane of 1954.

Two women walk amidst the destruction inflicted upon Fairfield Beach by the 1954 hurricane.

Dikes constructed to protect Fairfield Beach hold against the pounding of the 1954 hurricane.