structure and reassembled the house minus the left-wing several blocks away on Flower Avenue West, where it still stands. As of 2020, the house is in remarkably good shape due to the loving care and modernization efforts of its recent owners, including Ann E. Philipps, Esq. At present, the old Hungerford homestead on Washington Avenue is the site of a Best Western Carriage House Inn, attached out back to the original carriage house. Military service During the War of 1812, Orville Hungerford and his brother-in-law Jabez Foster supplied the U.S. Army in Sackets Harbor, N.Y. as well as surrounding military posts. In 1817, Orville was appointed as a second lieutenant in the Fourteenth regiment of cavalry in the militia of Jefferson County. In 1821, Orville succeeded Captain Jason Fairbanks and was also on the staff of Major General Clark Allen. In 1822, Orville was appointed the Quartermaster of the Twelfth Division of infantry for Jefferson County. Freemason As early as 1818, Orville Hungerford was a member of the Freemasons at Watertown Lodge No. 289 in Watertown, New York. In 1826, Hungerford along with his business partner, Adriel Ely, and others applied for a dispensation to establish a local Encampment of Knights Templar. On February 22, 1826, the Deputy Grand Commander of the Grand Encampment, Oliver W. Lownds, granted the dispensation. Hungerford presided as Grand Commander from March 24, 1826, until April 17, 1829, during which time twenty-nine men had the Order of the Temple conferred upon them. However, the 1826 disappearance of William Morgan (anti-Mason), who threatened to publicize the secrets of Freemasonry, caused the public to lash out at the secretive organization. In 1829, a Boston Masonic newspaper, citing the Watertown Freeman publication, reported that a mere 69 people marched through the city to protest the abduction of Morgan when hundreds were expected. Hungerford began working his way up the New York chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. This chapter was organized March 14, 1798 with future New York governor DeWitt Clinton elected as its first Grand High Priest. In 1826, 1827, and 1828, Hungerford was elected to the office of "The Grand King" in the Royal Arch Masons. On September 14, 1826, Hungerford attended the 6th meeting of the General Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the United States in New York City as a representative of the New York State Grand Chapter. In 1830, a number of prominent