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220 Mill St

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Milford Building and Zoning Permit Discount Incentive Program

A new commercial or industrial business relocating or establishing operations in the City of Milford is

eligible to receive a ten percent (10%) discount for all City of Milford building and zoning permits. This

discount applies to a new business relocating or establishing operations in the City of Milford as well as

an existing business expanding in the City. This discount shall apply to any expense associated with

obtaining building permits, zoning applications and City inspections. In order to qualify for the ten

percent (10%) discount the following criteria must be present:

Eligibility:

A new commercial or industrial business relocating or establishing operations in the City of

Milford must have a total capital investment including construction equal or greater than

$1,000,000

An existing commercial or industrial business expanding operations in the City of Milford must

have a total capital investment including construction equal or greater than $250,000. This

applies only to the new construction of the business

Capital investment includes the sum total cost for both a combination of tangible real and personal

property for the commercial or industrial business. Capital investment is an investment in property,

facility and/or equipment

Additional Terms and Conditions

Commercial or industrial businesses can participate in the incentive program or continue in the program

as long as the qualified business continues to pay all local, state and federal taxes, utilities and any other

fees/charges associated with the City of Milford.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable real and tangible personal property taxes

and all municipal earnings tax amounts including payroll withholding owed by the business in a timely

manner. If the business should become tax delinquent during the time period following the signing of

the agreement, the business will have thirty (30) days to become current on taxes, or the entire amount

of the incentive shall be reimbursed to the City.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable water, sewer and stormwater charges to

the City of Milford Utility Department in a timely manner. If the company should become delinquent on

utility charges during the time period following the signing of the agreement, the business shall have

thirty (30) days to become current on utility charges, or the entire amount of the incentive shall be

reimbursed to the City.

Milford Property Tax Rebate Incentive Program

Any new commercial or industrial business relocating or establishing operations in the City of Milford is

eligible to receive an annual rebate of up to one hundred percent (100%) for five years for city property

tax collected.

Qualifications: To qualify for this incentive, an enterprise must meet one of the following criteria:

Total capital investment including construction is equal or greater than $500,000

The enterprise relocates from another area outside the City of Milford.

The existing enterprise located within the corporate limits of Milford expands their existing

facility by equal or greater than 5,000 sq. ft. Only the expanded portion as a percentage of the

entire facility is eligible for the annual rebate.

Any enterprise classified in the following key industry sector shall be considered eligible for an

additional five years of annual rebate of one hundred percent (100%) for city property tax

collected:

1. Green Technology

2. Health Care

3. Higher Education

4. Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

5. Agri-Business Research and Development

Capital investment includes the sum total cost for both a combination of tangible real and personal

property for the commercial or industrial business. Capital investment is an investment in property,

facility and/or equipment.

Note: The annual rebate will be dispersed to the qualifying enterprise once the City of Milford has

verifi atio fro Cler o t Cou t that the e tit ’s propert ta is urre t a d has ee paid i full. The

City of Milford will refund property taxes by March 1 of the following year. This incentive is not available

for properties/businesses located in the Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) of Milford.

Eligibility:

To qualify for the economic development incentive program draft, a commercial or industrial business

must locate to the City of Milford and fit within one of the following industry sectors:

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

Health Care

Restaurant

Retail

Hospitality (Hotel, Conference Center)

Green Technology

Higher Education

Agri-Business Research and Development

Telecommunications and Nano-technology

Additional Terms and Conditions

Commercial or industrial businesses can participate in the incentive program or continue in the program

as long as the qualified business continues to pay all local, state and federal taxes, utilities and any other

fees/charges associated with the City of Milford.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable real and tangible personal property taxes

and all municipal earnings tax amounts including payroll withholding owed by the business in a timely

manner. If the business should become tax delinquent during the time period following the signing of

the agreement, the business will have thirty (30) days to become current on taxes, or the entire amount

of the incentive shall be reimbursed to the City.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable water, sewer and stormwater charges to

the City of Milford Utility Department in a timely manner. If the company should become delinquent on

utility charges during the time period following the signing of the agreement, the business shall have

thirty (30) days to become current on utility charges, or the entire amount of the incentive shall be

reimbursed to the City.

In the event that the commercial or industrial business ceases its Milford operation and/or relocates its

corporate headquarters to another community outside of the City of Milford, the business will be

subject to the following repayment schedule:

If commercial or industrial business ceases its Milford operation or relocates out of the City five years

after the receiving the final incentive, the business shall return to the City fifty percent (50%) of the

entire rebate tax incentive owed to the City for the entire length of the original agreement.

Milford Public Utility Discount and Tap Fee Reimbursement Incentive Program

A new commercial or industrial business relocating or establishing operations in the City of Milford is

eligible to receive a twenty percent (20%) utility discount for water and sewer utility services. This

discount applies to each bi-monthly utility billing cycle. This utility discount applies for a period of up to

ten years for a business consuming over 500,000 gallons in a bi-monthly utility billing cycle. In order to

qualify and receive this utility incentive, a business shall be in existence for a period of one year prior to

the discount being applied by the City of Milford Utility Department. In addition, the business shall have

and maintain an annual payroll earnings minimum of $500,000.

For example: A business consuming 500,000 gallons bi-monthly

Bi-monthly utility (water/sewer) bill estimate $4,729.55 est. bi-monthly before discount

Bi-monthly utility (water/sewer) bill estimate $3,783.64 est. bi-monthly after discount

Note: Bi-monthly utility billing cycle is defined as billed every two months.

As an alternative to the utility discount incentive, a qualified new commercial or industrial business

relocating or establishing operations in the City of Milford can elect to receive a full reimbursement on

tap fees. In order to qualify and receive this utility incentive, a business shall be in existence for a period

of one year prior to the full reimbursement being applied by the City of Milford Utility Department. In

addition, the business shall maintained an annual payroll earnings minimum of $500,000 for the one

year period. This alternative shall not be combined in any way with the utility discount incentive

Additional Terms and Conditions

Commercial or industrial businesses can participate in the incentive program or continue in the program

as long as the qualified business continues to pay all local, state and federal taxes, utilities and any other

fees/charges associated with the City of Milford.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable real and tangible personal property taxes

and all municipal earnings tax amounts including payroll withholding owed by the business in a timely

manner. If the business should become tax delinquent during the time period following the signing of

the agreement, the business will have thirty (30) days to become current on taxes, or the entire amount

of the incentive shall be reimbursed to the City.

Commercial or industrial business agrees to pay all applicable water, sewer and stormwater charges to

the City of Milford Utility Department in a timely manner. If the company should become delinquent on

utility charges during the time period following the signing of the agreement, the business shall have

thirty (30) days to become current on utility charges, or the entire amount of the incentive shall be

reimbursed to the City.

City of Milford 745 Center Street, Suite 200, Milford, OH 45150 ∙

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2017 Business Incentive Rebate Program

Economic Development Funds Available: $20,000 Purpose The City of Milford recognizes the value of actively working with property owners and businesses to reinvigorate different areas of the City by assisting business owners with façade improvements and the correction of exterior code violations. These improvements lead to revitalized commercial areas, elimination of blight and enhanced livability of surrounding neighborhoods. Target Area:

1. Commercial properties in the B-2 and OMO zoning district 2. Commercial properties zoned B-3, B-5, O, and L-I (See map. Properties with a PD

overlay are ineligible.) Availability of Funds:

Business located in a Target Area may receive up to a 50% rebate (maximum rebate amount is $5,000)

Nonconforming signs brought into compliance with the zoning ordinance may receive up to a 50% rebate (maximum rebate amount is $1,000)

New businesses locating in the City may receive up to a 50% rebate for signage (maximum rebate amount is $500)

Funds are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Eligibility Requirements:

Business must provide a professional service, commercial service and/or sell a retail product.

Individual business tenant may be located in a strip mall or shopping center but CAN NOT be a franchisee, or licensee, or equivalent.

Business tenant must have written approval from the property owner for all improvements.

Building must not have active code violations or the planned improvements must correct the violations.

Property owner and/or business owner must be financially current on all city taxes and utility bills prior to submittal of application.

Rehabilitation of building façade must be visible from the street facing the building.

Eligible Projects:

Non-conforming signs being brought into compliance with the zoning ordinance

New business signage

Awnings

Windows/Doors

Entryways

Lighting

Exterior painting or cleaning

ADA compliant access

Exterior (visible) code violations

HVAC Equipment

Parking lot improvements visible from the street, that include: landscape buffers, landscape islands*, pervious pavers, seal-coating and restriping. *Applicant may be eligible for storm water credits if improvements result in a reduction of impervious surface area.

Alternative Energy solutions such as solar power and wind turbines.

Interior improvements that are permanently affixed to the building (non removable) such as: life safety upgrades (sprinklers, fire alarm systems, fire suppression, fire doors), utility related (heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical)

Ineligible Projects:

Roofs

Improvements to the rear or foundation of the building

Security Systems Exclusions

Franchise Business: A business owned or operated by an entity under the terms of a contract, as a franchisee, licensee, or other substantially similar agreement with a larger entity, regardless of whether an individual can purchase and/or operate such business to his/her own standards and specifications, to the extent that the individual is required to maintain standardized décor, architecture, signs or similar features. Examples: restaurants, stores, gas stations, and auto dealerships.

Chain Business: A business that cannot be purchased by an individual, but can be managed by an individual under the authority of a multi-unit entity. Examples: banks, hotels, grocery and department stores.

New construction

Religious Institutions

Residential Properties

Educational Institutions General Conditions

Any improvements made prior to submission and approval of the application is ineligible.

All projects must be completed within one-hundred, eighty (180) days of approval.

Applicants must submit a copy of a lease agreement or proof of property ownership.

Applicants who choose to complete the project themselves or have the project completed by their own contractor will be required to pay for all labor costs associated with the project.

Developer’s fees and fees to draw up construction documents are ineligible project costs.

Applicant will be responsible for costs exceeding estimated project budget

Only one rebate shall be awarded per building or business in the calendar year.

The city will only rebate applicants after the project is complete and all vendors have been paid in full.

Application Process

1. A complete application must include: a. W-9 b. Itemized list of work to be completed with 2 cost estimates c. Photos of the existing façade.

2. Once the application has been reviewed and approved by the City Manager, the applicant will be notified that he/she may proceed with the project.

Rebate Process Under no circumstances will a rebate be disbursed prior to the completion and final review of the project. All completed work must be reviewed and approved for compliance with city building and zoning requirements. In order to receive the rebate, the applicant must include the following paperwork:

1. Copies of paid invoices and canceled checks (if payment is made in cash, a cash receipt is required)

2. Itemized list of completed work. 3. Photos of the completed façade improvements.

Rebate checks will be mailed directly to the applicant in approximately four (4) weeks from the date of submittal of the paperwork listed above.

CITY OF MILFORD 2017 Business Incentive Rebate Program

Application

Date: ___________________

Applicant Information:

Name: _____________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________

City: ___________________ State: ___________________ Zip: ____________________

Phone #: ________________ Email: _________________________________

Applicant is the: Property Owner Business Owner

Business Information:

Business Name: _____________________________________

Business Address: ___________________________________

Business Phone #: ___________________________________

Email: __________________ Website: ________________________________________

Parcel #: ________________ Federal Tax ID#: ________________________

Project Information:

Please provide a description of the proposed improvements, photos, and include 2 contractor estimates

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Project Start Date: ____________________ Project Completion Date: ________________

Total Estimated Project Cost: ______________________________

Certification By Applicant: The applicant certifies that all information in this application is true and complete to the best of the applicant’s knowledge and belief. The applicant pledges to complete the project the manner described in order to receive the rebate from the City of Milford Business Incentive Rebate Program. The applicant acknowledges that no funds will be released prior to the completion of the project and that no funds will be released for any work completed prior to the contract approval.

_________________________________ _________________________ Applicant Signature Date

Certification By Property Owner: If the applicant is not the property owner, the property owner must complete this section: As the property owner I hereby authorize the above mentioned applicant to enter into an agreement with the City of Milford to make improvements to the building listed in this application.

_________________________________ _________________________ Property Owner’s Signature Date _________________________________ _________________________ Property Owner’s Printed Name Address/Zip

For City Use Only

Does the property have any building or zoning violations? Yes No

Is the applicant current on local taxes and utility bills? Yes No

___________________________ _______________________ _____________________________ Finance Director Chief Building Official Zoning Administrator

This application has been approved/denied for the total rebate amount of $ _______________ upon

project completion and verification.

___________________________ ____________________

City Manager Date

Reason for denial:___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Site Visit Completed On: _________________________

The City of Milford is served by the Greater Milford Area Historical society, which is housed at Governor John M.Pattison, the 43rd Governor of Ohio's, residence. Promont House hosts tours, teas, special events and groups throughoutthe year. For more information go to www.milfordhistory.net.

The first settler to arrive in the area was the Rev. Francis McCormick, a Revolutionary War soldier with a thousand acreland grant, in 1796. He built his log cabin on the hill at the present 1000 Forest Ave. In 1797 he founded the firstMethodist Class in the Northwest Territory. The Village of Milford was built on a 1788 survey belonging to JohnNancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran who owned 230 acres. Due to financial problems he sold his Milford holdingsto Philip Gatch on December 20, 1802 for $920.00. Gatch had arrived in the future Milford in1799 and purchasedproperty where he built his cabin at the site of the present Greenlawn Cemetery. In 1806 Gatch sold 125 acres toAmbrose Ransom who two days later sold 64 ½ acres to John Hageman. Hageman, among the first permanent settlers inthe area and the first in the original plat of the village, named the area Hageman’s Mills.

Hageman laid out a village of 46 lots. There were three streets parallel to the river:Water St., Main St. and High St. The streets running to the river were: Mill, Cross(later renamed for President Garfield), Elm, Locust and the last merely known asCounty Road. County Road (later renamed Sycamore St.) ran to the river andconnected with the ford of the Little Miami River. The choicest lot was #1 wherethe Millcroft Inn was located at Mill & Water Sts., with a price of $35.00 with mostof the other lots selling for $25.00.

Though Milford’s beginnings were tied to the land grant it was the water power thatwould insure the growth of the community. The first improvement of the water power was made in 1803 whenHageman erected a small grist mill. It was crudely built being enclosed with slabs.

Ethan Stone of Cincinnati had an oil mill at Milford soon after 1805, on the mill-race above a small bridge, whichoperated until 1817. In the same building carding was done by Rust & Dimmitt and later John Eldridge distilled liquor.

The first postmaster and the first cooper was Aaron Matson, whose old stone house was built at the southwest corner ofMain and Garfield in 1807. John Losh, who had a few vats in a yard above the first Catholic Church, operated the firsttannery in Milford about 1808. It passed to the hands of Daniel McClelland, who increased its capacity and added alarge shoe shop. Later John Kugler became the owner carrying on an extensive business for a few years before it wasdiscontinued. The first frame house was built on Main St., opposite the brick row near the present location of the OddFellows Hall in 1809 by a Mr. McFeeney, who was John Hageman’s miller. About 1810 William Embly had a smalldistillery near the Water St. location where the Jackson Stables stood long after 1811. Stephen Medaris erected thesecond brick house in Milford on High St. opposite the entrance to Riverside Park, the first being located at 504 BeechSt. both are still standing. The brick row on Main St. was built circa 1840 by John Kugler, who had arrived here in1828. During the cholera epidemic in 1849, Mr. Kugler turned one of the row houses, number 211 Main, over for ahospital.

By 1811 John Hageman had departed for Indiana and the name “Milford” had comeinto wide use; attributed to the newspaper changing it in Feb.1806 as it was the firstsafe ford north of the Ohio River across the Little Miami River. The ford is still ashallow place recognizable today as it was when one had to ford the stream to getto the mill. In 1815 through an act of the Ohio General Assembly a wooden bridgewas authorized and completed by 1818. This was a covered toll bridge, sometimesknown as a “kissing” bridge. Tolls were collected beginning at $.05 for a personmaking a round trip. The date of discontinuation of the tolls is not known. Theimmediate effect of the bridge upon travel and commerce was so great that othertowns made a stir for bridges.

About 1815 Hortshorn and Sanders built the frame of the mill that would survive the better portion of the century. In1828 Mathias Kugler bought the mill, mill race and an unfinished frame structure, which was finished as a home, nowknown as the “Millcroft” for $12,000.00. His son, John, also his partner, took charge and greatly expanded theoperation. All of the stone buildings on Mill St. and adjacent to it were built by John. The building located at 220 MillSt. was the distillery and the building east of it at 224 Mill St., built in 1840 was the corn warehouse. The stone buildingat 220 Mill St. replaced the frame distillery building that was destroyed by fire in 1848. The long stone building at 2–6

Main St. was built in 1862 and served as the whiskey warehouse and had a cooperage on the second floor. The stoneMilford Library building was built by Kugler in 1860, the first floor being a warehouse and the second a public meetingroom.

John Kugler raised pigs on his farm in south Milford and he operated a pork packing plant first on Water St. and thenmoved to his building where the Masonic Temple stands today. At Kugler’s death in 1868 all operations except the millceased.

Milford was incorporated by an act of the Ohio General Assembly passed January 23, 1836 and on the 28th of Marchthe same year the first election of village officers was held at the public house of Emanuel Hawn, with the followingresult: Mayor, William Williams; recorder, Thomas M. Brown; Trustees: John Kugler, John Ray, Britton Loming,Emanuel Hawn and Simon Ramsey; Treasurer, Edward Hughes; Marshal, James Dennison; Street Commissioner,William Conklin.

The marshal was also appointed Nuisance master at a salary of $5.00 per year. Atax of 5 mils on the dollar for all purposes was levied and brought the villagetreasury $113.20; license fees of $5.00 were received and road taxes $82.00 makingthe total $200.20. From this amount $104.24 were paid out to defray currentexpenses leaving a neat balance. For fire protection the trustees provided eightladders which were to be placed in pairs at John Kugler’s, William Conklin’s,Emanuel Hawn’s and William Riggs’.

The first and, for a time, only telephone in town was in 1884 in Adam’s Bakery atMain & Garfield. When general service was installed in town telephones were wall-mounted hand cranked party linetype.

The covered bridge was replaced in 1894 by a steel bridge, known as the “iron bridge”. The “iron bridge” was replacedand opened in 1925 by another steel bridge. This was an occasion for speeches, parades, a dance and fireworks.

In 1905 near the Water St. end of the bridge Dr. Conn Gatch donated a stone water fountain which featured a fountainand a trough for animals. In time the water was turned off and the fountain became a hazard and was removed.

In 1906 the C. M. & L. Traction Co. laid tracks up the middle of Main St. The company provided service fromCincinnati to Blanchester.

Also in 1906 the C&C Traction Co. opened a fifty – three mile line from Norwood to Hillsboro on April 22. Going eastit began its run from Norwood to Madeira( Station #1 still stands on Miami Ave in Madeira). It stopped in Indian Hill,then in Terrace Park. Approaching Milford it crossed the CM&L tracks at the Pennsylvania overhead pass on WoosterPike at the western edge of Milford and crossed the Little Miami River about a thousand feet below the Milford bridge.The line went east on High St. as far as Locust and then by private right of way to Spring St. It went through the alleysouth of Main St. to the eastern corporation line and then east on US50 to Hillsboro.

The village bought electricity from the traction company’s power house on Wooster Pike. An interesting fact about thisis the electricity was turned off about midnight when the last car returned for the night and was resumed when the firstcar went into service the next day. With electricity available houses were wired right and left.

The following year street lights were installed and a large celebration was held withthe town band marching from light to light while they played.

The first village owned fire fighting equipment, other than the ladders was apumper that operated like a railroad handcar with handles pumped up and down. Itwas stored at the town hall. An alarm being sounded someone ran to the liverystable near the bridge, got a horse, ran back to town hall, hitched the horse to thepumper and took off for the fire; prior to this the town had required each businessand household to have two leather buckets available for fire fighting purposes.

Until the early 1900s roads and streets in and about town were dust in the summer and mud in the winter. Until 1910sidewalks were do-it-yourself propositions made up of cinders, gravel, planks or what-ever they had. The new sidewalks

were made of a new material called artificial stone cement.

A devastating flood in 1913 struck Milford destroying the Motsinger-Eveland livery stable and funeral home at thebridge and washing out a pier of the C & C Traction line’s trestle in the river downstream of the bridge.

In 1915 Chris Ernst built the “Family Theatre” on Garfield between Main & Water Sts. Admission was 10¢ for adultsand 5¢ for children.

In 1922 the inauguration of home mail delivery began in the village. A new steel bridge was the occasion for a largecelebration in 1926.

In 1939 the building known locally as the “Millcroft Inn” was opened as the “Gilcroft”, a tea room, thus ending thebuildings long history as a private home.

In 1956 the Gallenstein Brothers opened the Milford Shopping Center on Lila Ave.

In 1961 a new sanitary sewer system was finished and served the village. 1971 saw village government changed to thecharter form of government with a city manager.

In 1980 a new concrete bridge was added on the down river side and adjacent to the steel bridge which permitted oneway traffic on each structure. By 1985 the 1925 steel bridge was declared unsafe and closed. In 1992 the steel bridgewas removed. In late 2000 the concrete bridge was expanded to four lanes and remains in service today.

In 1982 after a census count of 5, 232, Milford attained city status.

So, we have recalled a few of the many events and changes of the past and look tothe future with optimism engendered by the past.

We’ve come a long way indeed from our beginning all those years ago.

THE LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD

The Little Miami Railroad was chartered by the Ohio Legislature in 1835 to build a line between Cincinnati andSpringfield. Subscriptions for stock in the venture were taken in the towns all along the proposed route. Mathias Kuglerof New Germany (now Camp Dennison) agreed to purchase $10,000.00 worth of stock if the railroad would run within80 rods (1,320 feet) of his mills. At the organizational meeting of the stockholders Kugler was elected director.

Because of a countrywide depression, it was 1841 before the railroad reached Milford. The first passenger train arrivedon December 14, 1841 after a trip of one to one and a half hours from Cincinnati. The train consisted of the locomotiveand two passenger cars. The wood burning locomotive was named “Governor Morrow” and cost $7,000.00. It wasshipped by boat from New Orleans at a cost of $732.00. One passenger car, the “James Madison”, had a capacity of 30,16 inside and 14 on top. The second, the “Little Miami” carried 20 passengers, ten on each side facing each other. Theline also owned eight freight cars.

By 1842 the line was bankrupt. In 1842 John Kugler of Milford succeeded his father as a director and helped get the lineback on its feet. The line reached Xenia in 1845 and Springfield on August 10, 1846.

1851 saw the beginning of through service to New York. A passenger could leave Cincinnati in the morning and arriveat Cleveland to catch the night boat to Buffalo. Arriving in Buffalo they then traveled by rail to Albany during the dayreaching the city in the evening in time for the night boat to New York City.

When the railroad was completed to Xenia there were 54 flour mills, 26 saw mills and 3 paper mills served by the line.

The last eastbound Pennsylvania RR passenger train, No. 212 from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh, to stop in Milford was at10:06 AM on December 12, 1948. The last westbound train, No. 267 from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, stopped here at 4:54PM that same day.

In 1969 the closing of the once busy Milford railroad station occurred as passenger trains had not stopped in many yearsand the freight business had dwindled. The last passenger trains to travel through Milford; No’s 77 and 78 went throughin 1969.

MILFORD SEMINARY

Education above the grade school level was first available in Milford in 1848 at the Milford Seminary. D. W. Stevens,M.A., who was principal and professor ran the seminary. The first classes were held on the second floor of the MasonicHall, then at the corner of Main and Cross Sts. (now Garfield Ave.). After a few years the school was moved to thesecond floor of the Kugler building on Water St. at the site of the present Masonic Temple.

The school ran for 4 eleven-week quarters. It was divided into six departments:Primary, Common English, Intermediate, Higher, Classical and Ornamental. ThePrimary department taught reading, writing and mental arithmetic; with the tuitionbeing $2.50 for 11 weeks. Common English department tuition was $4.00 for 11weeks and Intermediate department tuition was $5.00, with $1.00 extra if one tookbookkeeping. Higher department taught algebra, geometry, trigonometry,surveying, chemistry, geology, botany, theology, rhetoric, logic, domestic economy,anatomy, physiology and legal rights of women. Tuition was $6.00 each quarter.The Classical department taught Latin & Greek equivalent to modern high schools;four years of each, with tuition $6.00 per quarter. Ornamental studies taught singing, piano, and art. Piano lessons were$10.00 for each quarter while crayoning was $3.00; painting in watercolors was $2.50 and beginning penciling was$2.00.

The records for 1855-56 show an enrollment of 35 boys and 25 girls for the first session and 36 boys and 28 girls for thesecond session.

The school was closed in 1870 with the opening of Milford’s new Union School in East Milford with D.W. Stevens asprincipal.

A second school headed by L.M. French, called the Milford Academy, opened in 1848 on the second floor of the firstI.O.O.F. building at 200-204 Main St. All academic subjects of high school and college were offered to subscribers at aset cost for each subject taken. The school closed after the 1851-1852 school year.

In reviewing Milford’s past two appropriate titles came to mind; the little town and how it grew and you’ve come a longway baby!

For more information about these stories and many more interesting facts visit the Greater Milford Area HistoricalSociety museum "Promont” at 906 Main St. Milford, OH 45150, www.milfordistory.net