Odd Fellows
The
International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
was established here on the third
floor of the old Apollo Building on
the southeast corner of Front and
Portage Streets in the spring of 1846.
The club over
the years was a very active civic
minded organization and in 1916 the
members built a modern three-story
brick club hall at 135 Portage Trail
and it became a center for many local
activities including church services.
The club then
became abandoned but the building
still served the community as an
office building. On October 15, 1850
the Order of Free and Accepted Masons
was chartered in the Apollo Building.
It was
officially listed as Star Lodge No.
187. They then owned a modern Masonic
Tmple at 2307 Sackett Ave. which also
housed its brother lodge, Cuyahoga
Falls Lodge No. 735 F. and A.M. which
was chartered October 18, 1951.
Cuyahoga
Falls also had a very active Shrine
Club which is a portion of Tadmore
Shrine Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.
The Mason's
ladies lodge, the Order of Eastern
Star, Cuyahoga Falls Chapter No. 245
was also housed in the Sackett Ave.
Temple. IT was charted in 1906 with
Mrs.
Ellen Knight Crawford as its first
Matron with I.C. Haines as her Patron.
