Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons – the oldest voluntary society in the Town of New Canaan. It was chartered by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Connecticut and was the first masonic lodge in lower Fairfield County since 1763. The only masonic lodges in the area at that time were Union Lodge No. 5 of Stamford and St. John's No. 6 in Norwalk. This meant that the brothers of Canaan Parish, prior to 1825, had to meet either at Union No. 5 which often physically met at Greenwich, Stamford and sometimes Bedford, NY and St. John's No. 6 in Norwalk. Once Canaan Parish was incorporated into a separate town, Brothers Samuel Carter, Jr., John Seely, Eliphalet Weed and several other members, requested the recommendation of St. John's Lodge No. 6 in Norwalk to the Grand Lodge for a charter to establish a new lodge in the Town of New Canaan which was granted on May 30, 1825. Also during that year, New Canaan's first town hall building was nearly complete and the town offered Harmony Lodge No. 67 the upstairs area as a meeting hall for their lodge for the total annual cost of $20. On January 2, 1917 Francis E. Green, who had bought the old Baptist Church on Main Street, which still stands today next to the present fire house, sold this building to the Fellowcraft Club of New Canaan, Inc. making this Harmony Lodge's first permanent home. In 1954 the lodge in a three-way swap bought the old Methodist Church building on Main Street, and Harmony Lodge No. 67 has been at this present sight ever since. Silvermine Arts Center New Canaan Red Cross New Canaan Land Trust New Canaan Library Grace Farms Media New Canaan is served by a town newspaper, New Canaan Advertiser, a Hearst owned publication. Two daily newspapers also serve the surrounding area: Connecticut Post and Greenwich Time. Moreover, Newcanaanite and the New Canaan Patch produce online news for residents. Notable people New Canaan in media In film Movies at least partially filmed in, or involving, New Canaan: The Best Laid Plans (2009) Made for Each Other (2009) Revolutionary Road (2008) The Stepford Wives (2004) The Object of My Affection (1998) The Ice Storm (1997) Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Music New Canaan, by Bill Wurtz. In the song, he initially erroneously refers to the town as being in Pennsylvania before admitting