Building History

A history of the Masonic Order in Walla Walla, WA, indicated that the Blue Mountain Masonic Lodge #13 occupied space in two contemporary Odd Fellow Halls, at least one preexisting 1880. This website indicated: "The [Masonic] lodge had been meeting in various places and quarters rented including the O. Bechtal store in November of 1869. Shortly after that the lodges were meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall. In 1880 there was a Masonic Hall on the upper floor of a building on Main Street, between Second and Third. By 1881 a new Odd Fellows Temple was in use at Fifth and Main. There were two rooms on the second story, one of which was rented to Walla Walla Lodge No. 7, which in turn rented space to Blue Mountain Lodge No. 13. The rent was $17.50 per month." (See Blue Mountain Lodge #13, Free and Accepted Masons.org, "History of Freemasonry in Walla Walla," accessed 10/17/2024) The local Masons used this Odd Fellows Hall (and perhaps other rented spaces) until they built their own hall in 1906.

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