Throwback Thursday: Do You Remember...?

ENFIELD, CT - In this weekly series, Enfield Patch publishes a photo of a business or landmark in town that is no longer in existence.

For the second straight week, we're featuring a former Enfield school. Last week, we brought back memories of the former Thaddeus Kosciuszko Junior High School on Elm Street; today, we revisit an old elementary school on what used to be the main drag through town.

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For many years, grammar school children in the North Thompsonville section of town attended the Brainard School at 380 Enfield Street, across from the current-day 360 Federal Credit Union and Dairy Queen. The two-story building, constructed in 1914, was utilized as a school until June 1975.

Brainard School was among the first elementary schools to be closed, followed by Noah Webster School and Mark Twain School in the early 1980s.

The building was purchased in the 1980s by Control Module Inc., and used as its headquarters before it moved, ironically, to the old Webster school site at 227 Brainard Road.

In recent years, the Brainard School structure deteriorated rapidly, necessitating its eventual demolition in 2015.

Enfield Patch invites readers to share their memories in the comments section below.

Do you have a photo of a former Enfield business or landmark? Email it to tim.jensen@patch.com and we’ll feature it in an upcoming column.

Photo credits: Enfield Historical Society (school), DjD-567 via flickr creative commons (disrepair), Enfield Assessor's office (current)

Video credit: mikesvideostuff via YouTube