Millgrove Hall

The Millgrove Hall had been located directly opposite the entrance to Millgrove cemetery on land donated by Shipman Cummins. The hall had started as a New Connexion Methodist chapel which had been built by John A. Cummins in the north west corner of thee intersection of Highways 5 and 6. It was moved to Millgrove about 1874 John's death in 1861 by his daughter Margaret Cummins-Rymal who had inherited the building. From then until about 1896 it was the site of regular meetings of a fraternal order known as The Sons of Temperance. In 1896 a second story was added for meetings of the Masonic order. In 1923 a basement was added. In the 1950s the Masonic order built a new hall fronting on Highway 6 for their exclusive use. The old Millgrove Hall was the site of plays, concerts, community bridal showers, dances and polling booths. It had been owned and administered by a Board of Trustees known as The Millgrove Hall Board consisting of local residents. It was later taken over by the Township and it was finally razed in the fall of 1983.