History
Lyman Hall High School is named in honor of Doctor Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who was born in Wallingford on April 12, 1724.
The school's original location was on South Main Street, in a building constructed in 1916-1917 that today serves as Wallingford's Town Hall. In the year 1957 the school was moved to its current location at 70 Pond Hill Rd, in southeast Wallingford.
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