LEARN SOME LESSONS AT BROWN’S MILL SCHOOL

from Greencastle Old Home Week magazine 2022

by Herald-Mail Media

‘TEACH LOVE INSPIRE’ WITH THE LOYAL DAUGHTERS

36 | OLD HOME WEEK 2022 ECHO PILOT Learn some lessons

at Brown’s Mill School

The Brown’s Mill School in the Village of Kauffman was a one-room school that served local children from 1836 to 1921. It will be open on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7, during Old Home Week. SHAWN HARDY

The historic Brown’s Mill School at the intersection of Angle and Brown’s Mill roads in the

Village of Kauffman will be open 12:30 to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7.

The school was built in 1836, two years after the

Pennsylvania Legislature passed the Free School

Act. In 1921, the school closed and stood empty, deteriorating until 1934 when a memorial associadeteriorating until 1934 when a memorial association was formed to restore the building. tion was formed to restore the building.

The Brown’s Mill School was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places in 1973. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

In 2002, the nonprofi t Franklin County Historical Society purchased the Brown’s Mill School from the Society purchased the Brown’s Mill School from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission through the generosity of Thomas G. and Nancy H. through the generosity of Thomas G. and Nancy H. Burkey and family. The school is dedicated to the Burkey and family. The school is dedicated to the memory of the Honorable Enos H. Horst and Mildred memory of the Honorable Enos H. Horst and Mildred Sheller Horst. Sheller Horst.