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Oysterponds Historical Society

Founded in 1944, the Oysterponds Historical Society endeavors to preserve and interpret teh history of Orient, east marion, and the North Fork for residents and visitors alike. Their campus is composed of seven historic buildings that you will visit on your tour today.

Village House

Old Point Schoolhouse

The Red Barn

The Red Barn began as a grain market at teh wharf and was later used as a seine house for repairing and storing fishnets; it therefore reflects both the farming and teh fishing heritage of the area. Today it houses a collection of carriages, wagons, and sleds. OHS hopes to have it open to the opublic in the near future.

Amanda Brown Schoolhouse

Vail House

Bay House

Orient Wharf

Shaw House (Revolutionary Cottage)

King House

Webb House

Poquatuck Park

Orient Methodist Church

Holmes House

Civil War Monument

Orient Congregational Church

Buttonwood Tree

Brown House

Poquatuck Hall