Robert Allen Cook originally built the structure as a two-story, Colonial revival-style building in 1896 using Milford Pink granite, which had been locally quarried in Milford at the time. The facility was built to house the St. Mary’s Grammar School, which remained until it closed down in 1974. Tragically, 11 years later, in 1985, the building suffered damage from a severe fire, and the facility was boarded up.