Star Lodge #1

Photograph

Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Star Lodge #1

Entry/Object ID

IMG1797

Description

View is the front (east) elevation of the stone house built by John Locke in 1795 looking west down Avis Street. African American Star Lodge #1, AF & AM and Queen of the Valley Lodge #1558, International Order of the Odd Fellows (IOOF) purchased the building in 1885. The Odd Fellows sold their share of the building to the Star Lodge in June 1927. The Free and Accepted Masons still own the structure. It is a Charles Town Historical Landmark. Image stored as a jpeg.

Acquisition

Accession

317

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Black History Perservation Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No deeds of gift on file for items donated before 2011.

Made/Created

Artist

Fitzpatrick, Edwin A.

Studio

Edwin A. Fitzpatrick, 627 Jefferson Avenue, Charles Town, WV

Place

* Untyped Place

Charles Town, West Virginia