HISTORICAL EVENTS OF DUVALL LODGE

February 10, 1801 Washington Lodge # 6 Chartered
October 6-7, 1807 Washington Lodge # 6 stricken from Grand Lodge rolls
June 27, 1816 Bardstown # 38 granted dispensation / Chartered granted Nov. 1816
1819 Bardstown # 38 made loan to members of Bloomfield to start Bloomfield # 57
1831 Bardstown # 38 stricken from Grand Lodge rolls
August 30, 1836 Duval Lodge # 99 Chartered
1849 thru 1857 Worked with Major Barbour # 181 and Kane Lodge U.D.
February 26, 1870 Rented room over Stonehouse on Third Street occupied by Squire Heady as grocery, belonging to James Coy Esq. For $ 125.00 per year
October 17, 1874 Petitioned Grand Lodge to change number from #99 to original #6
Approx. 1888 Laid cornerstone for Bardstown Baptist Church
Approx. 1892 Laid cornerstone for Nelson Co. Courthouse
April 1894 Laid cornerstone for Christian Church Building
June 13, 1913 Purchased Electric Letter “G” (it is still used today)
February 1921 Celebrated 120 anniversary of Charter of Washington #6
April 7, 1925 Wrote letter to Secretary of State, Ben Johnson for assistance to put up Monument on grave of John Fitch, a Master Mason
1948 Bought present property and contracted with Bro. Hahn to build a Lodge Hall for $ 77,000.00
March 6, 1951 First meeting in present Lodge Hall
February 9, 2002 Celebrated 200 years of “Masonry in Action” in Bardstown
September 18, 2005 Laid cornerstone for the Bardstown United Methodist Church Open Air Chapel