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Odd Fellows lodges were first documented in 1730 in England from which many organizations emerged. While several unofficial Odd Fellows lodges had existed in New York City sometime in the period 1806 to 1818, the American Odd Fellows is regarded as being founded with Washington Lodge No 1 in Baltimore at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey along with some associates who ...
Odd Fellows Lodge (Bel Air, Maryland) 1852: 1975 21 Pennsylvania Ave. Bel Air, Maryland: Greek Revival architecture [12] Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Sandy Spring Lodge #6430 1920s: 1308 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
Grand lodge governance may have shifted or reorganised, resulting in further loss of records on the member or the name, number, location or even existence of the lodge in question. In areas of the world where Odd Fellows have been suppressed by governments, records of entire grand lodges have been destroyed.
Currier and Ives print from c1874: "Friendship, Love, and Truth" A heart in hand has also been a symbol of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, [1] a fraternal organization derived from English Oddfellows orders of the mid-18th century. These commonly display three linked rings representing friendship, love, and truth. [1]
Odd Fellows (often incorrectly written as Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship [1]) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first known lodge was called Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting there were earlier ones in the 18th century.
The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons. Through the years the building housed a variety of businesses, including a grocery store, a men’s clothing store, a flower ...
Odd Fellows Lodge (Bel Air, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland; Odd Fellows Lodge and Temple, listed on the NRHP in New York; IOOF Lodge (Thompson Falls, Montana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Sanders County, Montana; Odd Fellows Lodge (Goldsboro, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
During these early days, there were a number of disputes and disagreements between the Grand Lodge and the Branches and this led to a special meeting being held, where a number of branches splintered off to form a new Order in 1810 - now better known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity) Friendly Society.