Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . on April 12, by Franklin LodgeXo. 2, and soon by two others, all of whichunited in forming a Grand Lodge on April 8,18(55. Then ensued an extraordinat^ reversal,and by August 17, 1865, Fraid^Iin T^odge Xo.•J. was the only one in existence. But itsnimdiers were stayers. They assumed thefunctions of a (Jrand Lodge >in(il a new onenas organized on ^lay 1, 1S()(>: and prosecutedmissionary work with such vigor that on De-(cmbcr 31, ISfiG, there were four active lodges,.ill in Washington, w
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . on April 12, by Franklin LodgeXo. 2, and soon by two others, all of whichunited in forming a Grand Lodge on April 8,18(55. Then ensued an extraordinat^ reversal,and by August 17, 1865, Fraid^Iin T^odge Xo.•J. was the only one in existence. But itsnimdiers were stayers. They assumed thefunctions of a (Jrand Lodge >in(il a new onenas organized on ^lay 1, 1S()(>: and prosecutedmissionary work with such vigor that on De-(cmbcr 31, ISfiG, there were four active lodges,.ill in Washington, with a mcml)ersliip of that time it grew rapidly. It was in-troduced in Indianapolis in 18()!t. .V had been issued to Charles P. (^arty, Al-bert JILane and others to form a lodge 1. 1869; but when it came to the fornuilinstitution on July 12, there were 21 ajipli-cauts, and it was determined to form twolodges, whereu])on .Marion Lodge Xo. 1 andOlive Branch, Xo. 2, were instituted. ThreelodiTes were instituted at Il. Wavne during ;380 HISTORY OF GREATER THE FIRST ODD FELLOWS HALL. ()!?? CKKAlKH INDIANAPOLIS. 381 the summer, and on Octulni- .i). lS(i!), theGrand Lodge of liidi:iii;i was oi-ganizeil, withCharles P. Carty :i- Niiierahle Grand Patri-arch, and John taven as Grand ilay 1, 1871. there were nine active lodgesin tlie state witli membership of over Jmie 30, 1908, there were 491 lodges inthe state, with a reported .membership of G3,-•iMi: of which 1-1 lodges and 4,4^3 memberswere located at Indianapolis. One of the striking buildings of Indianapolisis the flatiron, Indiana Ivthian Building, atthe corner of Pennsylvania street and ilassa-(husetts avenue. It was erected in ;-(i ata cost of .^.tI7,700, ihe ground costing $)0( dedicated with imposing ceremonies, andaccompanying celebration, August 12-17. order occupies about two full Hoors of theliiiilding. and the remaini
Size: 1572px × 1590px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordunnjaco, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1910
