The Town of Brookeville
A sales agreement was reached in 1988 between the owners of the Academy building, St. John's Episcopal Church, and the town of Brookeville. A deed recorded June 23, 1989 in Liber 8877, folio 753 documented that the Lots No. 55 and 56 were sold for the sum of $76,590. The town of Brookeville had received money for the purchase from three main sources - $57,000 as a Community Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to be used toward the purchase of the 2-story Brookeville Academy on High Street, $20,000 as a gift from an anonymous donor, and the remainder in town funds. The purchase of the Academy building by the town of Brookeville was negotiated by Town Commission President Richard Allan with the intention of restoring the Brookeville Academy as an historic site. (49)

Conclusion
The Brookeville Academy Trustees throughout the history of the school attempted to direct their students along a moral and educational path. Despite financial constraints, teacher and Trustee turnover, outside influences such as the Civil War, and the rise in the popularity of public schools, the Brookeville Academy survived for roughly one hundred years. The Trustees the Brookeville Academy truly "endeavored to promote morality knowledge, the surest supports of liberty." (50)

49 Ibid.

50 Carl N. Everstine, The General Assembly of Maryland 1776-1850, (Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, Law Publishers, 1982), p. 244.