Thorne Memorial School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.

From the record

“The Thorne Memorial School building is located at Franklin and Maple streets in Millbrook, New York, United States. It is a brick structure built at the end of the 19th century, considered the most distinctive public building in the village.”
Wikipedia article Thorne Memorial School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of Maple and Franklin Aves., Millbrook, 12545
When was it listed? December 1996
Category. building
Town. Washington town
Architectural style. Beaux-Arts
National Register reference number. 96001473 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Thorne Memorial School, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet covering Thorne Memorial School, surveyed 1899

Fires near this property

134 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Thorne Memorial School between 1993 and 2019, burning about 166 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	73
Debris and open burning	21
Arson/incendiarism	19
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2003	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Thorne Memorial School: 13 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Baldwin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Baldwin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bangall Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Bangall Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Frank S. Fanelli Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Mountain Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 82 Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this property

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millbrook, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	$80,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	$20,000	One of the most devastating severe weather outbreaks to hit eastern New York this century occurred on the morning of July 15th. A long lived squall line known as a derecho crossed eastern New York during the early morning hours. Extensive tree damage occurred across the area with the Adirondacks being the hardest hit. Damage estimates from the Department of Environmental Conservation indicated that some 900,000 acres of forest were damaged with 125,000 acres of timber in the Adirondack Park sustaining moderate to severe damage. The timber damage is estimated at 1 billion board feet with an estimated value of $204 million. Five deaths and eleven injuries occurred with this event. Most of the deaths and injuries were a result of trees falling on campers in the Adirondacks. Thirty-one hikers and campers had to be removed from the Adirondacks by helicopter as their path out of the woods was blocked. Extensive power outages occurred across eastern New York with 230,000 customers left without power. Livestock deaths were also reported with over 100 sheep, cattle or hogs killed. Times used during this event were estimated due to the very rapid storm movement which exceeded 60 miles an hour. (F43O,M39O,F60O,F10O,F72V)
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	$10,000	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	$5,000	A stationary front which was draped across northern Pennsylvania and southeast New York on the 13th of August was responsible for severe thunderstorms which occurred across parts of eastern New York early that morning and during the afternoon. The first round of thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours of the 13th of August accompanied by a tremendous number of cloud to ground lightning strikes. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in Guilderland and Troy. Later that day a second round of thunderstorms downed trees and powerlines across eastern parts of Ulster County and northern parts of Dutchess County.
August 2002	Lightning	Millbrook	$5,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	South Millbrook	-	Trees were downed.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	-	Trees were downed on a road near the Village of Millbrook.
September 2021	Flash Flood	South Millbrook	-	County Route 111 was reported closed due to flooding.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	-	Trees were downed in Millbrook.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	-	Several medium size tree branches were downed, one blocking a road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	-	Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Millbrook.
June 2008	Hail	Millbrook	-	Ping pong size hail was reported in Millbrook during a thunderstorm.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millbrook	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Millbrook due to strong thunderstorm winds. One tree was leaning on a house.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1947 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1960 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery	0.7 miles	1989
Lynfeld	2.9 miles	1987
Innisfree	3.4 miles	2019
Bloomvale Historic District	3.6 miles	1991
Walter Beckwith House	4.4 miles	2016
Clinton Corners Friends Church	4.8 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96001473 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess County	All 266 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.