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Begun in early 1895, construction was finished by 12/1895; the hall had its dedication on 07/03/1896. Charter members of the group included, according to the lodge's records: "Almus L. Rutherford, a Fall City farmer and master mason from Albany Lodge, No. 156, Albany, Ohio, Worshipful Master; William E. Gibson, Gilman physician, Valley Lodge, No. 157, Wilsonville, Nebraska, Senior Warden; George Davis Rutherford, like his brother Almus, a Fall City farmer and from Albany Lodge, Junior Warden; Fred Bagwell, Tolt, Joppa Lodge, No. 223, Leon, Kansas, Secretary; Edwin H. Thompson, Fall City, Mississippi Lodge, No. 385, Savanna, Illinois, Treasurer; Albert B. Sloan, Fall City, Crystal Lodge, No. 270, Frankfort, Michigan, and Erwin M. Stewart, Seattle, Eureka Lodge, No. 20, Seattle. [Brother Stewart never became a member of Falls City Lodge--he signed the petition to make up the required seven petitioners.]" (See CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF FALLS CITY LODGE, NO. 66, F. & A. M. FALL CITY, WASHINGTON,Accessed 12/03/2013.)

The "Falls" City Masonic Hall was designated as a King County and Local Landmark in 1994. (A clerical error mistakenly referred to the hall in foundation paperwork as "Falls" City rather than "Fall" City; the technical mistake was never corrected, and the hall continued to be known under the name "Falls" City in Masonic documents.) The two-story, clapboard-sided lodge had a gable-front orientation, with a projecting front porch sheltering two entry doors, each with a transom. Four double-hung windows lighted this facade; one first floor door led to the group's dining room, and the other led upstairs to a meeting space that could accommodate 160 Masons. Four lights on the second floor facade, each double-hung, lit the meeting room. This upper fenestration consisted of single windows on the ends with a pair in the center. A Masonic compass symbol was placed just below the central attic vent.