Giles Dunbar, a freeman of the original Thirteen Colonies and congregant of Mount Carmel Church, built his home and woolen mill off Building Brook at the bottom of the hill by Main Street.

[3] Located on Dunbar Hill Road on land donated by Everett Warner, this building would also house a fire apparatus.

[13] A Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Youth Center for Ascension Parish was proposed for northern Dunbar Hill Road in 1965, led by Rev.

The brutalist design includes radial elements with tall slabs creating a graduated spiral pattern.

[15] In 1978, Dunbar Hill community members were invited to be involved in the development process for much of the former Paradise Game Preserve land.

When presented with housing development plans by then-current landowners, Game Preserve Associates, some were apprehensive about building on undeveloped land, according to the New Haven Register, with some community members reaching out to the Nature Conservancy and Sierra Club to try to acquire it.

In 1994, Elm Street Builders Corp. Inc. bought the property for $1.37 million intending to begin working with Beazley Co.

At this time, the mountain laurel was described by writer Stephen Higgins of the New Haven Register as being as high as 20 feet.

In the early 1800s, a one-room red schoolhouse was erected where modern-day Cooper Lane meets Dunbar Hill Road.

[21] In June 1906, the town purchased a piece of 100x150 foot land on the hillside above the former schoolhouse for $150, planning to immediately begin construction.

[22] However, some residents were unhappy with the location chosen and petitioned the town, prompting the call for a July hearing to create a new committee.

[27] In 1993, after months of debate, the town approved a $3.7 million renovation to replace the roof, and electrical system, and add a new media center and entrance, according to the New Haven Register.

[35] In 1994, Board of Education Chairman DeWitt Jones commented that the current idea for the school, which would focus on science and technology, could help with overcrowding.

According to the New York Times, starting in the 1999-2000 year, desktop computers would be given to third graders for communication between students, parents, and teachers of Edison schools nationwide.

Also mentioned in the article is that the school would have one custodian, while the responsibility of cleaning the entire building would fall to an outsourced company.

Times writer Nancy Polk mentions that while the for-profit status of Edison was the cause of debate, "parents in Hamden, New Haven, and Wallingford responded so enthusiastically that a lottery was needed for admission.

[42] In July 2022, Hamden's Legislative Council authorized the plan to sell the building to ACES for $16 million, according to New Haven Independent writer Nora Grace-Flood.

[44] Bear Path School also serves families living in the northern part of the Dunbar Hill area.

[46][47] While kids returned to school in fall 2003, ongoing construction still required the use of temporary classrooms, according to the New Haven Register.

[49] The farm sends its fruit to local ice cream maker Kelly's Cone Connection for use.

[57] After the first season, the Town of Hamden intervened, stating that Gilbert had been operating commercially within a residential zone.

The law specifically exempted "a community house or club", therefore the operations transferred to an association largely made up of Dunbar Hill residents, while Gilbert remained landowner and maintainer.