From Primary School to Town Hall / Da Scuola Elementare a Municipio

Built in 1913 as a red-brick primary school, this building contained kindergarten and grades 1 through 3 in four rooms for more than 50 years, and generations of children learned their ABCs there and remembered their dedicated teachers. A circa 1915 photo shows some of the earliest students. In 1970 the building became the Town Hall, with classrooms converted into offices, meeting rooms, historical archives, and the town court. Within the small village, two separate buildings serve two distinct municipalities: the larger Township of Washington and the smaller Village of Millbrook. People who live outside the village often say imprecisely that they live in Millbrook, but a former town historian concluded, "Millbrook is a frame of mind."

Millbrook, New York · United States