Fire Department

A series of fires in 1908 prompted thirty men to form the Millbrook Fire Company No. 1 to protect local property and lives.

In 1909, they purchased the corner lot from Oakleigh Thorne and constructed the original Millbrook Firehouse one year later at a cost of $3,500.

The Millbrook Fire Company started out with just a hand pump and a hand drawn hose cart, housed on the lower level. Upstairs were the volunteer members’ club rooms for ping-pong, billiards, and cards.

Their early equipment and an inadequate water supply, however, failed to contain the great fire of 1916, which destroyed much of the central village.

When the new firehouse (donated by Mrs. Margaret Thorne Parshall) opened on nearby Front Street in 1965, this building was adapted for use first as village offices and later as an architectural firm.