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The whole area became known as Mill Town and in 1792 was established as Milton. Soon thereafter Milton Hill supported two churches and a store and was considered the center of the Town. It is believed that early town meetings were held in one of the churches here.
The Milton Hill area first became prominent in the 1740s as the estate of Thomas Hutchinson, a prominent politician whose actions as Acting Governor and Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay heightened tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War.
Jan 11, 2021 · On January 1, 1898 the Borough of Richmond was created, and the former towns became wards: Castleton/ New Brighton was Ward 1, Middletown Ward 2, Northfield Ward 3, Southfield Ward 4, and Westfield Ward 5. In 1975 the Borough of Richmond was renamed the Borough of Staten Island.
Dec 3, 2018 · Area of town first settled c. 1772 by David Wood family. (A historical marker located in Milton in Saratoga County, New York.)
These locals became known as "stonethrowers" and the neighborhood now has the Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial on the corner of Tompkins Street and Milton Avenue to commemorate this history. [ 16 ] World War II stimulated significant industrial expansion in the area: of specialty steel, fasteners, and custom machining.
Town of Milton – During the 1930’s post-Great Depression years, the federal government’s Works Progress Administration funded community projects providing employment for many. Pictured here is a WPA crew of local men at Cook’s Pond area north of Ballston Spa.
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Milton continued to be a popular suburban community in the early twentieth century. Page and Frothingham designed the Charles Clifford House (203 School Street) in 1910, and Fletcher Steele planned the country landscape setting by planting trees to frame a view of the Blue Hills in the distance.
