Picture Connecticut: The First Dentist

WINDSOR, CT — The latest image in the Picture Connecticut series takes us to the state's oldest town — Windsor and a monument you just don't see every day.

In the Palisado Avenue Historic District that runs along state Route 159, known locally as Palisado Avenue, is a cluster of buildings and monuments in a town green-like setting. There, sits a monument dedicated to Dr. Horace H. Hayden, the "father of the dental profession."

Hayden (1769-1844), was a teacher, geologist and architect and was a surgeon during the War of 1812. Hayden was the first president and professor of of the Principles of Dental Science in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (1840-1844), the first dental college in the world.

The monument was erected by the Hartford Dental Society in 1907.

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly Patch series featuring unique images of the state, past and present.

Previous featured images:

• The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
• The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
• The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
• The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
• The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
• The Underground Railroad, Unionville
• The cow carousel, Ellington
• Charles Island, Milford
• State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
• Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
• The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
• Agent Orange Monument, Andover
• The Sunken Garden, Farmington
• Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
• The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
• Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester