Lodge Timeline

March 14, 1870	Dispensation
March 25, 1870	Academy Building of Front Royal, 3rd floor
	Dispensation Presented
October 12, 1870	Bylaws copied from Grand Lodge Digest
December 13, 1870	Charter Signed
December 24, 1870	Charter presented
January 3, 1871	Warrant issued install and set to work
January 18, 1871	Special Communication elections and officer installation
March 8, 1871	First Masonic funeral
March 8, 1873	Lodge at Public Free School Building
	Lodge at Gibson E. Roy
March 1874	Lodge at M. T. Fristoe
March 4, 1876	By-laws revised
September 1880	Lodge at Union Hall
April 1, 1877	No longer renting Public Free School Building
August 1896	No longer at Union Hall
January 17, 1908	Purchase Boyd lot
August 19, 1910	Lodge at Oddfellows Hall
	Cass Rust Lot purchased
September 16, 1910	Cass Rust Lot Title Realized
September 16, 1910	Lodge at Murphy Building (fire)
April 1914	Lodge at Oddfellows Hall
November 11, 1914	No longer at Oddfellows Hall
November 20, 1914	Lodge at repaired Murphy Building
September 17, 1915	Sell Boyd Lot to R. B. Murphy
October 3, 1919	By-laws revised for needs of lodge
April 8, 1921	Purchase W. W. Sonner lot
March 13, 1925	Sell W. W. Sonner lot to Mr. Wm. H. Proctor
	Purchase property from Mr. R. E. Purdum
August 14, 1925	No longer at Murphy Building
	Lodge at Oddfellows Hall
March 12, 1926	Borrow $15,000 to complete hall, erect offices
July 29, 1926	Lodge Hall dedicated
September 8, 1933	Bylaws amended/re-written for fast-moving action acquiring lodge building
August 31, 1935	Temple in danger of foreclosure
1936	Loan refinanced at 5% interest (from 6%)
July 14, 1939	Right of way for a lot adjoining the lots south
September 8, 1939	Right of way transfer adopted
July 13, 1945	25′ South corner given for Jackson street
August 1946	Sold lot on Jackson Street
	Temple paid off in full
December 13, 1946	Burning of Bonds
May 13, 1949	By-laws revised – annual dues & meetings
April 10, 1953	Remodeling, A/C installed, bathrooms built
June 8, 1956	Bi-laws revised – duties of trustees membership fees/dues initiation fee
September 14, 1956	Extension to front of Temple to install offices

Timeline of Unity Lodge No. 146