The Thorne Building has been emblematic of Millbrook, New York, since 1895, when it was gifted to the Village by the Thorne family. Until 1962, the three-story Beaux Arts structure served as Millbrook’s first public high school. Since then, it has seen only sporadic use. In recent years, it has fallen into disrepair and needs modernization.

 

The Millbrook Community Partnership (MPC) has stepped in with a clear and consistent vision that incorporates the expressed wishes and concerns of Millbrook residents while conserving this magnificent resource. With its historic exterior restored and its beautiful interiors renovated, while simultaneously optimizing the use of 21st-century technology, a re-imagined Thorne Building Community Center will serve as a communal gathering space where disparate groups, from seniors to youth, from full-time residents to weekenders, can connect as a community.

 

TBCC will fulfill a longstanding need by creating a year-round cultural and arts center for central Dutchess County, working in collaboration with existing arts organizations while also generating its own programming.  The Thorne Building Community Center will serve as a magnet that draws residents and visitors alike to the village of Millbrook.

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