The city history describes the legislative establishment of the State Reform School in 1851 and completion of its building two years later. The school’s own later report dates its opening to March 1, 1854.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Historical book page linked; separate establishment, construction and admission dates.
Source: Gillespie and Curtis, A Century of Meriden (1906), volume II, p.64; Library of Congress / Internet Archive
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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden Boys’ Home & School, SGC-MB-005, MB-013, “School established by the legislature.” Source: Gillespie and Curtis, A Century of Meriden (1906), volume II, p.64; Library of Congress / Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/historicrecordpi00gill/page/n523/mode/1up. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.