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The first Masonic meeting in the area is said to have taken place near the current Village of Millport in 1779 when General John Sullivan and his troops were marching through. Old Oak Lodge, No. 253 Free and Accepted Masons was chartered on June 7, 1852. The lodge was named after the oak tree under which the 1779 meeting had taken place. The Odd Fellows, the Independent Order of Good Templars, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the Grange also had chapters in Millport. In 1883, local veterans of the Civil War formed the Wilson Dean Post 416 of the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Masonic Hall, 1994 The Masonic Hall was built in Millport in 1891. Along with being the home of Old Oak Lodge, it served as a community center hosting dinners, dances, musical performances, and, later, movies projected on a screen stretched over the stage.
Orphic Union Constitution, 1879 The Orphic Union was formed in July 1879 for the cultivation of vocal music. About 50 men and women were members. They met in the Millport Methodist Church and offered regular concerts complete with costumes and dramatic lighting.
Soldiers’ Monument, 1904 In 1904, Post 416, G.A.R. erected a soldiers’ monument in the Millport Cemetery that consisted of a 14,920-pound siege gun and a pyramid of 20 cannonballs. Nearly two dozen veterans of the Civil War are buried in the cemetery.
Reunion medal, 1903 This medal is from a reunion of the Engineer Brigade of the Army of the Potomac in 1903. During the Civil War, many men from Millport served in Companies E and G of the 50th New York Engineers. The 50th was attached to the Army of the Potomac and saw action at Yorktown, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, and were at Appomattox Court House to witness the surrender of General Lee and his army.

Community Organizations

Masonic Hall, 1994

The Masonic Hall was built in Millport in 1891. Along with being the home of Old Oak Lodge, it served as a community center hosting dinners, dances, musical performances, and, later, movies projected on a screen stretched over the stage.

Orphic Union Constitution, 1879

The Orphic Union was formed in July 1879 for the cultivation of vocal music. About 50 men and women were members. They met in the Millport Methodist Church and offered regular concerts complete with costumes and dramatic lighting.

Soldiers’ Monument, 1904

In 1904, Post 416, G.A.R. erected a soldiers’ monument in the Millport Cemetery that consisted of a 14,920-pound siege gun and a pyramid of 20 cannonballs. Nearly two dozen veterans of the Civil War are buried in the cemetery.

Reunion medal, 1903