 The National Register of Historic Places nomination submitted Bacon Academy as being important under criteria A , B and C. Bacon Academy 's development in the 176 years , up to the time of nomination , represents the evolution of social attitudes and ideas of education ; criteria A. Under criteria B , Bacon Academy is associated with numerous influential and prominent figures . The school was responsible for educating New York governor and senator Edwin Denison Morgan , Connecticut governors Morgan Bulkeley and William A. Buckingham , Iowa senator Lyman Trumbull , and Morrison Waite , the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court . Criteria C reflects the architectural significance and merit of the structure which is only impeded by its Victorian @-@ era cupola . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 . 
