Harmony Lodge No. 8 Free and Accepted Masons

Harmony Lodge No. 8 Free and Accepted Masons is an Ohio historical marker in Champaign County.

Champaign County · 222 N. Main Street, Urbana, OH, 43078

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Side A: A group of Freemasons, inspired by the concepts of a new country, of Freedom with Responsibility, Brotherly Love, and Truth, formed Harmony Lodge near this site in 1809, the first Masonic lodge in western Ohio. Meetings were held in the log court house, located on Lot 174, East Court Street, and also in Dayton and Springfield. Side B: Same

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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