Central Public School

The Central Public School is one of the oldest surviving public schools in the downtown. Associated with the early development of public education in Brampton, the Central School site was continuously used for educational purposes for nearly 130 years.

Overcrowded conditions continued in the old Central Public School well into the twentieth century and by 1916 the current Central Public School had opened its doors to students, although it was not in its completed form until the 1920s.

Ellis and Connery – a well-known Toronto architectural firm – conceived of the design for this Brampton school. The focal point of the building is a square headed main doorway framed by carved stone with an overhead transom, which compliments the series of six-foot high windows located on either side. The datestone cut into the lintel crowning the doorway is one of many Classical features used on the building to connote civic enterprise, regularity, and order.

The site and building continue to serve the Brampton public as a community centre. The Brampton School Board named several schools after Agnes Taylor, Ms Beatty, Ms Flemming and T.M. McHugh who were either teachers or principles at Central Public School, in recognition of their longstanding contributions to the community.