WHIDBEY ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT

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1869: Dispensation is granted by the Grand Lodge of Washington Territory, and the Whidby Island Lodge #15, F. & A.M. is formed.
1874: The Temple is built by member and Past Master John Alexander, Jr.
1881: The Lower Hall is retrofitted to house the offices of the Island County Commissioners. The Lower Hall would be rehabilitated numerous times, and served as a residence/office for two doctors.
1886: Foundations are upgraded. Brick underpinnings and concrete platforms are replaced. Calcimining applied to the walls of the Temple interior.
1891: A cistern is installed to the west of the Temple by a Lodge member.
1896: A gift of rough and perfect ashlars is made to the Lodge by member C.H. Stackpole.
1897: C.H. Stackpole makes a gift of a square and compass emblem, which is gilt and placed in the gable peak on the eastern elevation.
1898: Installation of ventilation shafts.
1903: The first mention is made in the meeting minutes of building a new Temple.
1910: The bungalow on the lot immediately adjacent to the Temple's western elevation is built by the Masons for the widow of one of their deceased brethren.
1911: Concrete walk is installed in front of the Temple. A year later, a walk connecting this to the front entrance is installed.
1916: Temple is electrified.
1939: Addition is installed on the southern elevation. The former stairwell projection is enclosed.
1948: An addition to the eastern elevation is installed. Twenty feet is added to this facade, including a projecting second story. The four fluted Doric columns on this elevation were removed from a bank in Oak Harbor and installed on the Temple at this time.
1954: The final addition to the Temple is installed on the western elevation. Fourteen feet is added to this facade, and the roof configuration is changed from gabled to hipped with a clipped gable.
1964: Steel fire escape is installed on the northern elevation. Historic window is rehabilitated as a means of egress from the second story.
1973: The concrete block storage building on the western side of the Temple is constructed.
1981: Repairs are made to the north side of the Temple Roof.
1983: New lighting system installed in the Lodge Room. Electrical elements and sound system also upgraded in this space.
2000: Roof replaced.

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