Mountainville Grange Hall
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Mountainville Grange Hall | |
 South profile and east elevation, 2007 | |
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| Location | Mountainville, NY |
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| Nearest city | Newburgh |
| Coordinates | 41°24′1″N 74°4′46″W / 41.40028°N 74.07944°W |
| Built | 1904[1] |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Historic and Architectural Resources of Cornwall MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000557[2] |
| Added to NRHP | June 03, 1996 |
The Mountainville Grange Hall is located on NY 32 just south of the hamlet of Mountainville in the town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York, United States. Built in 1904, the National Grange sold it in 1984 to the Jerusalem Temple Lodge No. 721, a local Masonic body of the Grand Lodge of New York, and it was renamed the Cornwall Masonic Temple.
In Mountainville, the Grange chapter was founded just before Christmas 1902. The hall was built two years later, and continued to be used as both a meeting place for the members and informal community center until the 1960s, when Grange membership declined steeply. It was home to an antique store during the 1970s, and was restored to its original function as a fraternal hall in 1984 when Jerusalem Temple Lodge bought it.[1]
After being sold to the Masons, they made some renovations, such as improving the kitchen and meeting spaces, but the original character of the building was generally been preserved. At some point in the later 20th century, aluminum siding was installed on the first story, over the original clapboard. There have been no other modifications to the building.[1]
On June 3, 1996 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Jerusalem Temple Lodge and its appendant Order of the Eastern Star chapter used the building until around 2009, after which time it became a daycare center.[2][3][4]
