The surviving buildings of the property,[3] now converted to other uses, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

[1] The school was established as the Vermont State School for Feeble Minded Children by an act of the state legislature in 1912, and was formally opened in 1915 on this campus, which then consisted of 300 acres (120 ha) purchased from the estate of Henry Watson, located west of U.S. Route 7 about one mile northwest of Brandon village.

[3] In the late 1960s and 1970s, federal requirements forced the school to increase employee/student ratios, and resulted in a gradual shift in treatment of mentally handicapped youth to smaller group home settings scattered across the state.

Raymond Mulcahy, who was the Superintendent during this time period, was a strong advocate for de-institutionalization and was a positive force for change for the patients at Brandon Training School.

The school's campus, many of its buildings handsome Colonial Revival structures designed by Burlington architect Frank Lyman Austin, have since been repurposed into apartments and commercial facilities.