page_title: Terryville, Connecticut
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Terryville, Connecticut / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Postcard: Prospect Street School, Terryville, Connecticut, 1906 postmark Description: Store Web page states: "The card was postally used in 1906." Caption on picture side of card: "Prospect Street School&#8212;Terryville, Conn." At lower left corner of picture side: PUB. FOR T. F. HIGGINS, TERRYVILLE, CONN."
context_page_description: Terryville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is the largest village within the town of Plymouth. In the 2010 census, Terryville had a population of 5,387, out of 12,243 in the entire town of Plymouth. The village is named for Eli Terry Jr., the son of the well-known clockmaker Eli Terry Sr. Terryville is also home to the Lock Museum of America. There is a water wheel located in downtown Terryville that is dedicated to the son of Eli Terry Sr.
context_section_description: Terryville has four public schools: two Pre-K to Grade 5 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Its elementary schools are the Harry S. Fisher Elementary School and the Plymouth Center School. Its one middle school is the Eli Terry Middle School. Terryville High School is the only public high school that Plymouth and Terryville residents may attend. A new high school building is located on North Harwinton Avenue in Terryville.
  The Prospect Street School was used as the high school up until the 1940s. A new high school building was built on North Main Street and was used until January 2008. Prospect Street School then became an elementary school until its closing in January 2008.
caption: Prospect Street School, ca. 1906
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