Today, the high school is named after Antanas Jaroševičius, a painter who in 1912 published an album of Lithuanian crosses.

It was rebuilt in 1809 in the Classicism style by Bishop of Samogitia Józef Giedroyć (Lithuanian: Juozapas Giedraitis), whose princely family originated from Giedraičiai.

After the Polish-Lithuanian War, Żeligowski staged a fake rebellion by Polish army units and captured Vilnius on October 9, 1920.

During the occupation of Lithuania by Germany and its rule under German military, on July 7, 1941, and at the beginning of August 1941, a death squad of Lithuanian collaborators, ordered by German military administration, murdered Jews of the town in mass executions.

[1] Molėtai Aero Club (ICAO airport code: EYMO) is located some 7 km north of Giedraičiai.