717-264-1667
175 E King Street Chambersburg, PA 17201
PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY FOR OVER 126 YEARS
Special tours of Brown's Mill School are available by appointment only, please call 717-264-1667 at least two weeks ahead of time to schedule your visit
Brown's Mill 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 Association was formed to restore the building. The Brown's Mill School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
In 2002, the FCHS-K purchased the Brown's Mill School from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission through the generosity of Thomas G. and Nancy H. Burkey and family. The school is dedicated to the memory of the Honorable Enos H. Horst and Mildred Sheller Horst. The FCHS-K and The Franklin County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees cooperate in its operation and maintenance.
Brown's Mill School
This historic one room school is located at the intersection of Brown's Mill Road and Angle Road in Kauffman's Station, between Marion and Greencastle, PA.
Brown's Mill Cemetery
This graveyard is located directly south of the Brown's Mill schoolhouse, near Kauffman Station. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Antrim Township, with legible markers dating back to the 1770s. It is now owned by Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny.The cemetery is enclosed by a wrought iron fence on iron posts. There is a single pedestrian gate, located on the south west part of the fence. There is a double vehicle gate located in the middle of the south boundary fence.
The church originally associated with this cemetery was locally known as "Trinity Church". A school was erected in connection with the church in 1836. The school still stands and has become a historic landmark. The land for the school was donated by Lazarus Brown, who is buried here.In the central part of the cemetery, inside of the large vehicle gate, there is a large, reddish sandstone marker, having a bronze plaque, which bears the following inscription: “Erected by the Franklin County Chapter Daughters Of the American Revolution and the Kittochtinny Historical Society”
The cemetery is a burial ground for many Revolutionary Soldiers from Franklin County. During a GPR search of the cemetery in May of 2022 unmarked graves have been identified.Franklin County Historical Society is in the process of renovating and improving the appearance of the cemetery for the celebration of America 250 in 2025.
