The second floor of this livery stable is where Arcadia
Lodge had it's beginnings in 1869. It was at or near the
site of what is now 410 Douglas Ave. (Ames Pantorium)
Above is a picture of the inside of Lodge
building pictured at the left taken around the
late 1880s to early 1890s
This picture taken around 1915. Lodge located upstairs in the third building East of Kellogg Ave. on Main Street. This picture is looking East on Main St. from Kellogg Ave.
Note the electric street car.
1917 / 1979
3rd floor of 427 Douglas Ave.
1979 / 1995
In 700 block of South Duff Ave.
(West side of Street)
Building was flooded and was eventually torn down.
We made arrangements with the Boone Iowa Lodge to use their Lodge for our meetings during the time we had no building of our own.
Built and moved into in 1997
It is our present Home
