Churches and Schools

The first church in Veteran was the Methodist Church in Millport, established in 1832. A Methodist class was started in Sullivanville the same year but a church was not constructed until 1855. Methodists in Pine Valley began meeting in 1858. The Veteran Ridge Free Will Baptist Church was organized in 1836. Baptist churches were also established in Millport in 1844 and in Pine Valley in 1867. Some of the early congregations met in local schoolhouses before churches were built. By 1868, Veteran had 17 school districts. Most had one-room schoolhouses that were used until 1950 when the schools were consolidated with the Horseheads Central School District.

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M.E. Church, Pine Valley, 1909 The congregation of the Pine Valley Methodist Church, established in 1858, met at the schoolhouse in Pine Valley and the Baptist Church before they built their own church in 1888.
Millport United Methodist Church Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Sullivanville United Methodist
Veteran School No. 1 Terry Hill - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
School No. 2 Trustee Report, 1928 Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 5 Middle Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 7, 1880s Eugene Bush (back row, far left) was a teacher at School No. 7, which was adjacent to the Methodist Church in Sullivanville. Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 8 Millport - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 10, 1945 Ridge Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 11, 1934-35 Bacon Hallow - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
School No.11, teacher contract, 1935 Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 12 Pine Valley - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 13 Oil painting by Cecile Moore, 1952 - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 13 Miller-Skinner - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
Veteran School No. 14, 1932 Rush Run Parrott Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians
School open house program, 1954 Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Churches and Schools

M.E. Church, Pine Valley, 1909

The congregation of the Pine Valley Methodist Church, established in 1858, met at the schoolhouse in Pine Valley and the Baptist Church before they built their own church in 1888.

Millport United Methodist Church

Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Sullivanville United Methodist

Veteran School No. 1

Terry Hill - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

School No. 2 Trustee Report, 1928

Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 5

Middle Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 7, 1880s

Eugene Bush (back row, far left) was a teacher at School No. 7, which was adjacent to the Methodist Church in Sullivanville. Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 8

Millport - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 10, 1945

Ridge Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 11, 1934-35

Bacon Hallow - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

School No.11, teacher contract, 1935

Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 12

Pine Valley - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 13

Oil painting by Cecile Moore, 1952 - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 13

Miller-Skinner - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

Veteran School No. 14, 1932

Rush Run Parrott Road - Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians

School open house program, 1954

Courtesy of the Veteran Town Historians