New Fairfield

Historical marker location:

New Fairfield, Connecticut

( Marker is on Connecticut Route 37, 0.1 miles north of Brush Hill Road (Connecticut Route 39), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1979

The first dental school in the United States was founded in Connecticut in 1867. The school was established at the University of Maryland, which had a branch campus in Baltimore at the time.