Houston Lodge #35 Free and Accepted Masons

Our lodge has a long and rich history. Space will hold me to just a few facts about our historic Lodge. Houston Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia on November 6, 1844. Lodge meetings were held on Friday nights on full moons. Horses and carriages did not have head lights. Timothy M. Furlow was the Worshipful Master at chartering. During the early days of our Lodge, it was not uncommon for the Lodge to confer two degrees during a meeting night. In 1847, the Lodge paid the Grand Lodge dues in the amount of $38.00.

In August of 1850, the Lodge purchased a building and lot for the sum of $1,500 and the Lodge was moved to its present location. The ground floor has been rented to several different businesses. An insurance company, grocery store, gas station, bus station, gift shop, commercial printing company and a karate studio have all called the bottom floor of our Lodge home.

Our lodge has a foundation built of 16 by 16 timbers of old heart pine put together with pegs.

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