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Located south of the State Police Barracks on Route 22. Tours of the buildings are conducted on Sunday afternoons from 1pm to 5pm from May through August. Special events are scheduled on occasion. A New Year's Eve celebration is observed by battery-powered candles each December 31st at 11:45pm in the unheated church.
Old Town Hall
The Southeast Museum, The Town Civic Center, the Justice Court, and the land-use offices of the Town are housed in the Old Town Hall at 67 Main Street. The building was erected in 1896 and served as the Town Hall until 1965 when the Supervisor and Town Clerk moved to One Main Street.
The original First National Bank of Brewster formerly Town Hall now houses the Town Offices of the Building Department, Code Enforcement, Fire Inspector, Parking Offices, Planning Department, and Special Districts Office, at One Main Street. Sitting across from the Brewster Train Station, the Town Office is a central element to Main Street, Brewster.
Owned by the Landmarks Preservation Society of Southeast, the Walter Brewster House was built around 1850 on the hill looking down on Main Street by the Village founder, Walter Brewster. The building has been carefully restored and hosts tours, concerts and special gatherings throughout the year.
Some additional homes and sites of historic interest from the 18th and 19th Centuries include:
• Yale House at the corner of Old Rt. 22 and Tattle Street (Brewster Hill Road)
• The Vail House and the Vail Homestead, Peach Lake Road
• The Triangle House, Tattle Street (Brewster Hill Rd.) and Tonnetta Lake Road
• Crosby-Brewster House, Rt. 312
• Budd's Tavern (The Elks Lodge), Rt. 22
• Sherwood House, Sherwood Hill Road and Milltown Road
• The Birthplace of Fanny Crosby, Foggintown Road (Ms. Crosby was blind, but became well-known as Methodist hymn writer)
• Dag Hammarskjold House, Foggintown Road (20th Century)
• Tilly Foster Mines and Stock Farm, Rt. 312 and Rt. 6
• Enoch Crosby Homestead, Maple Road
• Howes House, Rt. 6 and Drewville Road
• The Seth Howes Home ("Morningthorpe"), Turk Hill Road, restored and now occupied by the Delancey Street Foundation
• The Edith Diehl House, Route 22
These are only a few of the many homes and buildings noted by the Town of Southeast Historic Sites Commission.
In addition to these sites, there are two Historic Districts recognized in the Town of Southeast. The Milltown Area Historic District extends along Milltown Road from Route 22 to the Connecticut border and was one of the earliest settlements in the Town. The Starr Ridge Historic District extends along Starr Ridge Road, from Route 6 to the North Salem border. The Historic Districts contain many of the signficant older homes in Southeast. It is intended that the designation of these Historic Districts will emphasize their value and promote their preservation.
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