[1] Negotiations for the school's construction began in 1911 with the appointment of a four-man building committee: Dr. John F. Jordan, James J. Sheehan, Henry W. Shaw and T.W.

The city acquired the property where the school sits from Augusta B. Trask and Eliza E. Manning.

The building was named for Samuel Brown, who died during the American Civil War in the Battle of Antietam.

Both of these additions were designed by John M. Gray, who served as the town's de facto municipal architect.

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