The 1740 Jordan District Schoolhouse is the oldest surviving public building in Waterford.

The first mention of a schoolhouse in Jordan was recorded in describing the Manwaring land near the Jordan Baptist Church in 1737 ... "a plot of land with the Jordan Brook as its eastern boundary on which stands a schoolhouse."

Built by Jedediah Brown as a home in 1758, the gambrel-roofed house later served as the Jordan District School for a time during the 19th century until it was replaced by the town’s first two-story brick school in 1857.

The schoolhouse has two rooms, a garret and two fireplaces. The granite steps at the front were once located at the West Neck Schoolhouse.  

The building was moved to its present location in 1972, after which it was restored  in order to recreate a colonial schoolhouse. The restoration was assisted by grant-in-aid from the Connecticut State Historical Commission.