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The Millerton area was first homesteaded in the 1760's and soon became a business center for the surrounding agricultural communities of the town of North East and adjacent northwestern Connecticut.

Today, Millerton is a small (population 935) rural Victorian village created in 1851 by the extension of the New York Central and Harlem Rail Roads. As the tracks were completed through the Town of Northeast, just 93 miles from New York City, the newly painted depot was known as North East Station. Soon lumber yards, hotels and stores seemed to appear overnight, while churches and houses were daily being moved by oxen from the hamlets of Spencer's Corners and North East Center.

The alert town fathers, recognizing a tremendous building boom, met at the home of Walter Wakeman (the long, red vacant 1770 house on Route 22, opposite Four Brothers Restaurant) with the intent of selecting a name for the rapidly expanding small town. After discarding several suggestions, an agreement was reached that the village should be known as Millerton, in honor of Sidney G. Miller, the congenial and sympathetic civil engineer, in charge of railroad construction.

By 1870, Millerton was the largest and most important village in North Eastern Dutchess County.

Today, the streets of Barton, Simmons and Main (Route 44) have numerous beautiful homes that have been carefully maintained or restored to their original splendor.

The business district contains many of the unique structures of the past 100 plus years. Some have been modernized with new sidings, others have undergone new construction after disastrous fires, and a few have been completely restored.

The oldest commercial building in the Village, built in 1851, today houses the offices of the law firm of Downey, Haab and Murphy, the Cole Insurance Agency and Dutchess Oil Company.

The Main Street business area today is lined with shops with long histories and offer unique and diverse merchandise and services, including:

Gilmor Glass (built in 1913)
Brick Block Auto Parts (site of the 1872 Brick Block Hotel)
McArthur's Smoke House which is home to Harney and Sons Fine Teas (1875)
Country Gardeners (the 1851 Railroad Depot)
Steed Real Estate (the 1914 Millerton Railroad Station)
Punch and Taro's Restaurant (site of the Corey Block and later called the Ragan Building (1853)
Thriftique, Millerton News and the DVR Art Supply & Framing Shop (the 1890 Millerton Post Office and Templeton's Drug Store)
Oblong Books & Music (Strauss Department Store, circa 1880)
Recently closed Millerton Card and Candy (site of Diehl & Minor Bakers, 1900)
Gilded Moon Framing & Gallery (Krooner Building, 1880)
Terni's General Store (circa 1868)
Irving Farm Coffeehouse (circa 1873)
The Moviehouse (formerly known as Benedict Hall, and Grange Hall, and used for other community purposes, 1903)
Recently closed North East Pharmacy (1885, formerly the printing office of the Millerton Telegram, a Butcher Shop, a select school and Central Hudson Electric)
Manna Dew Café (circa 1890, formerly Mrs. Kisselback's home and millinery shop)
Coyote Point Designs (1880 Nickel Plate Hall-site of roller skating and basketball, Ward McArthur's Wagons and finally a Ford dealer)
Simmons' Way Village Inn & Martha's Restaurant (Millerton's only inn, 1854)
Saperstein's (site of Beaches Clothing Store and later Hawley's Department Store)
M & T Bank ( ); Millerton Center Antiques (site of Hotchkiss & Eggleston Department Store, 1885)
BW's Eagle Eye (circa 1880, Sigrist and Rothsteins's Drug Stores)
Millerton Marketplace (1880; once a Grand Union store); Millerton Diner (early 1920's).