1 Dufferin Street
The first school building in Millbrook was built around 1830.
As the population expanded, several additional small schools accommodated the growth. In 1887, the largest of these, a four room school, was destroyed by fire. Clearly, a new and larger school was needed.
The trustees of School Section No. 11 purchased this land from Thomas Medd, and in 1889 this large brick schoolhouse was erected. The school officially opened in 1890. The original structure consisted of just the four classrooms on
the north side. To make room for “continuation classes,” so that students who wished to graduate from high school didn’t have to commute to Port Hope, a four-room addition was completed in 1923. In 1934, the Millbrook High School was classed as Grade A, allowing students to finish their high school in Millbrook.
The addition was architecturally compatible with the original structure with a central staircase integrating the north and south sides. Entrances have been modified with time, but some of the original pleasing details on the north and west faces are still intact. Care was taken to preserve the window treatments during renovations.