Banister Memorial Hall was erected by Wm. A. Banister of New York in A.D. 1883 in memory of James Banister, who died in 1731; Seth Banister, who died in 1783; Col. Seth Banister, who died in 1819; Capt. Seth Banister, who died in 1857; and Rev. Seth Banister, who died in 1861, all interred in Brookfield Cemetery.