• BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A LINE 500 FEET FROM FIRST STREET (NOW KNOWN AS
  COLUMBIA AVE.)
• BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY AN ALLEY 200 FEET AND PARALLEL TO BROADWAY.
• BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH 100 FEET FROM FIFTH AVE. (NOW SECOND AVE.)
• BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER.
  
  A LITTLE MORE THAN 500 INHABITANTS.

1826, THIRTEEN LOYAL BROTHERS OF THE "SQUARE AND COMPASS" MET IN A TAVERN OWNED
BY MARK DIXON ON THE SOUTH- EAST CORNER OF THIRD AND MAIN STREETS.

• FOUR ROADS LED OUT OF MIDDLETOWN - SOUTH TO HAMILTON - THE BUTLER COUNTY
  SEAT, EAST TO LEBANON - THE COUNTY SEAT OF WARREN COUNTY, NORTH TO GERMAN
  TOWN - A FAIRLY IMPORTANT LITTLE TOWN, AND WEST TO JACKSONBOROOUGH - A FAIR
  SIZED HAMLET.
• THE THIRTEEN MASONS - MET AGAIN AT MARK DIXON TAVERN JOINED IN A PETITION
  TO PRESENT TO THE GRAND LODGE OF OHIO MASONS PRAYING FOR DISPENSATION
  PERMITTING THEM TO MEET AS A LODGE.
  

1827, (25 YEARS LATER) A FEW "FREE MASONS'! MET AS MASONS BUT NOT AS A LODGE.

1827, JANUARY - THE GRAND LODGE GRANTED THIS DISPENSATION.

1827, JANUARY 18th - THESE THIRTEEN MASONS MET AGAIN AT MARK DIXON"S TAVERN AND ORGANIZED JEFFERSON LODGE.

• THE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS - WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER - RIGHT WORSHIPFUL BROTHER THOMAS CORWIN (32 YEARS OF AGE)OF LEBANON, OHIO.
• THE CHARTER MEMBERS WERE: WM DAVID S. DAVIS SW ISRAEL T. GIBSON, JW JOHN CRANE: SD CHARLES STARR, JD JOHN P. REYNOLDS, SECY, JOHN A. GANO, TREAS, CARLETON WALDO, SS AND TYLER JOHN YOPST, JS FRANCIS GRIFFIN, AND BROTHERS SQUIRE
  LITTLE, JOSEPH TAYLOR, SAMUEL NIXTON AND JAMES HEATON.
• THE LODGE MET FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE HOMES OF ITS MEMBERS OR OTHERS WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO PERMIT THEIR HOMES.

1827, FEBRUARY 1st - THE SECOND MEETING MET AT THE HOME OF JOHN DODD. BRO. DODD BECAME A MEMBER OF THE LODGE IN 1830.

• THE FIRST VISITING BROTHER WAS BYRON KILBORN, WHO WAS ON THE STAFF OF THE SUPERVISING ENGINNER OF THE MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
• THE THIRD MEETING AND ALL SUCCEEDING MEETINGS WAS HELD UNTIL 1842 IN THE BUILDING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL AVE. AND BROAD STREET WHICH WAS BUILT PRIOR TO 1827 BY THE JUNIOR DEACON. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE JOHN P. REYOLDS BUILDING LATER THE JACOBY BUILDING.
  

1827, APRIL 11th - THE FIRST DEGREE WORK WAS DONE AT THE FOURTH MEETING. MR. THOMAS MALONE AND MR. GEORGE AINSWORTH WERE GIVEN THE ENTERED APPRENTICE AND FELLOW CRAFT DEGREES. THEY WERE REPRIMAMDED BY THE GRAND LODGE FOR PERFORMING TWO DEGREES ON THE SAME NIGHT.

• FOUR MEMBERS WERE INITIATED, PASSED, AND RAISED TO MASTER MASONS DURING THE TIME THE LODGE WAS UNDER DISPENSATION.
• S.W. AINSWORTH -MAY 19, 1827; JOHN L. KETCHUM - JUNE 26, 1827 SAMUEL DICKEY -OCT. 30, 1827; VINCENT D. ENYART - MAY 28, 1828; MORGAN RAIDS BRO. ENYART WAS WORSHIPFUL SEPT. 14, 1842 - SEPT. 25, 1844 AND SEPT. 11, 1845 TO OCT. 13, 1848 - THE TIME OF HIS DEATH - HE WAS THE ONLY WORSHIPFUL WHO DIED IN OFFICE THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF JEFFERSON LODGE.

1828, JANUARY 24th - THE GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN OHIO - MOST WORSHIPFUL BRO THOMAS CORWIN INSTALLED THE OFFICERS. 27 MEMBERS.

1844, MARCH 8th - THE GRAND MASTER OF OHIO, MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER J. N. GOODSPEED GAVE PERMISSION TO MOVE INTO THE NEW TEMPLE. THIS MOVE WAS DONE ON MAY 9, 1844. THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER WAS A. W. HILL.

1847, JUNE 24th - A MASONIC FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT DOTY'S GROVE TO CELEBRATE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGE LIST DAY - COMMEMORATING THE TWO SAINT PATRONS OF OUR LODGE.

1849, THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS WERE READ AND ADDOPTED.

• MEETING WERE ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF/OR PRECEEDING THE FULL MOON AT THE EARLY CANDLE-LIGHT. FEES WERE $ 16.00. EACH MEMBER SHALL PAY TWELVE AND ONE-HALF CENTS PER MEETING TO BE PAID SEMI-ANNUALLY.
  

1862, A CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS WAS CHARTED.

1865, MAY 6th - A COMMITTEE WAS NAMED TO LOCATE A SUITABLE LOCATION AND PLANS FOR A MASONIC TEMPLE TO BE ERECTED. THE PROPOSAL WAS NOT ACCEPTED. FOR SEVERAL YEARS COMMITTEES WERE APPOINTED AND DISCHARGED TO RECOMEND A LOCATION AND BUILDING COSTS OF A NEW TEMPLE. NO AGREEMENT WAS EVER MADE.

1867, APRIL 16th - THE LODGE PURCHASED A LOT FROM BROTHER WILLIAMSON FOR $ 2,000.00.

1883, JANUARY 22nd - A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORIGINAL PLANS BE USED WITH ALTERATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE ARCHITECTS WILLIAMS, BURNS AND PETERS OF CINCINNATI AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $ 11,000.00.

1883, APRIL 16th - A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED FOR THE ERECTION OF A TEMPLE WITH MR. WILLIAM SAINT OF DAYTON, OHIO TO BE STARTED IN MAY 1883 AND COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1, 1884 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $ 9,000.00.

• THE LOT WAS ONLY 41 FEET 4 INCHES BUT PLANS CALLED FOR 41 FEET 8 INCHES. A CONTRACT WAS MADE FOR GUNKLE AND BABBITT WHO OWNED THE LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR 10 INCHES BUT THEY WOULD NOT SIGN THE CONTRACT. DAVID BOWMAN
  OWNER ON THE NORTH SIDE WOULD GIVE THE LODGE 8 INCHES AT NO COST.

1883, JUNE 1st - IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WERE NEEDED AND THIS WAS PURCHASED FROM JOHN DODD FOR $ 150.00.

1883, JUNE 9th - THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FOUNDATION. VARIOUS ITEMS WERE INCLUDED, A PAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS AND OTHER ITEMS WERE PLACED IN A BOX PREPARED BY K. W. TYLER OF WASHINGTON LODGE NO.17 OF HAMILTON.

1884, THE FIRST DEGREE WORK IN THE NEW TEMPLE.

1885, TWO DOZEN SPITOONS WERE PURCHASED FOR USE IN THE LODGE ROOM.

1886, MAY 17th - A MOTION WAS MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED TO CHANGE THE MEETING NIGHTS TO THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH INSTEAD OF THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AFTER THE FULL MOON.

1889, JULY 17th - IT WAS APPROVED AFTER GETTING FUNDS TO EXTEND THE WALLS 25 FEET AND THE BUILDING BE BUILT TO SUPPORT A THREE STORY BUILDING AND TO BUILD A BASEMENT.

1911, JANUARY 11th - A DONATION OF $ 100.00 WAS GIVEN TO THE MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL FUND DRIVE.

1914, FEBRUARY 6th - A PLAYER PIANO WAS BOUGHT.

1916, FEBRUARY 7th - HARD WOOD FLOORS WERE ORDERED FOR THE BLUE ROOM.

1918, SEPTEMBER 2nd - C. D. WILSON WAS APPOINTED TO FILL THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TERM. THERE WAS NO MEETING HELD IN OCTOBER BECAUSE OF THE FLU EPIDEMIC BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

1920, JANUARY 5th - MIDDLETOWN COMMANDERY NO.71 - WAS APPROVED. COMMANDERY BUILT A "CHAMBER OF REFLECTION."

1920, AUGUST 16th - THE LODGE VOTED TO BUY TWENTY EIGHT AND ONE-HALF FEET.

1920, SEPTEMBER 6th - THE JEFFERSON LODGE MASONIC TEMPLE COMPANY WAS ADOPTED.

1924, JANUARY 7th - W. G. PALMER SUGGESTED A NEW LODGE BE ORGANIZED IN MIDDLETOWN. JEFFERSON LODGE APPROVED THIS REQUEST. THE GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN OHIO, MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER HARRY JOHNSON SANCTIONED THIS LODGE TO BE NAMED LINCOLN LODGE U. D. THE FIRST WORSHIPFUL MASTER WAS 0. L. CRAWFORD.

1925, FEBRUARY 9th - A JOINT INSPECTION OF JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN LODGES WAS HELD IN THE MASTER MASON DEGREE.

1926, DECEMBER 7th - A JOINT INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS FOR JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN LODGES WAS HELD.

1928, JUNE 22nd /23rd /24th - A 100 YEAR CELEBRATION FOR JEFFERSON WAS HELD.

1928, NOVEMBER 5th - THE MIDDLETOWN MASONIC TEMPLE WAS ORDERED TO BE FORMED AS A CORPORATION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN LODGES.

1948, JANUARY 6th - A RESOLUTION WAS INTRODUCED TO GIVE LINCOLN LODGE A ONE THIRD INTEREST WITH EQUAL VOICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT.

1948, FEBRUARY 2nd - PASSED

1948, JULY 5th - JEFFERSON PASSED A RESOLUTION TO PRESENT TO EACH NEW MASTER MASON A MASONIC BIBLE.

1950, OCTOBER 14th - JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN LODGES JOINED IN A CEREMONY TO BURN THE MORGAGE OF THE TEMPLE.

1953, JULY - JEFFERSON LODGE BLOOD BANK WAS STARTED AT THE MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL.

1954, DECEMBER 6th - JEFFERSON LODGE MASONIC TEMPLE COMPANY WAS RE-ACTIVATED.

1955, APRIL 4th - A MOTION WAS MADE, SECONDED, AND PASSED BY JEFFERSON LODGE TO TRANSFER ALL REAL PROPERTY TO THE MIDDLETOWN MASONIC TEMPLE AND THAT JEFFERSON LODGE MASONIC TEMPLE COMPANY BE ORDERED TO BE DISSOLVED.

1955, DECEMBER 3rd - A PROPOSAL WAS MADE AND ADDOPTED TO FORM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH THREE MEMBERS OF EACH LODGE TO BE ELECTED FOR THREE YEARS IN A STAGGARD ROTATION.

1958, NOVEMBER 3rd - JEFFERSON LODGE APPROVED A NEW LODGE TO BE FORMED NAMED GEORGE M. VERITY LODGE U.D.

1959, JANUARY 5th - C. D. WILSON RESIGNED AS SECRETARY OF JEFFERSON LODGE AFTER 41 YEARS. ROY J. MURBACH WAS MADE TEMPORARY SECRETARY AND WAS INSTALLED ON FEBRUARY 2, 1960.

1961, OCTOBER 2nd - GEORGE M. VERITY WAS GRANTED ONE THIRD INTEREST WITH EQUAL VOICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE.

1969, JUNE 2nd - SEVERAL MASONS LIVING IN MONROE, OHIO REQUESTED JEFFERSON LODGE GRANT APPROVAL OF A LODGE IN MONROE, OHIO. THE GRANT WAS APPROVED ON JULY 7, 1969.

1971, JUNE 7th - AUTHORIZATION WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO PURCHASE SIX AND ONE QUARTER ACRES OF LAND AT THE ROUTE 122 AND MARSHALL ROAD FOR A SITE OF A NEW TEMPLE AT $ 12,000.00 PER ACRE.

1972, JANUARY 3rd - A RESOLUTION WAS MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED TO GRANT THE TEMPLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO EXERCISE THE PURCHASE OF SIX AND ONE-QUARTER ACRES FOR THE SITE OF A NEW TEMPLE AT A PRICE OF $ 700,000.00.

1973, NOVEMBER 5th - PASSED.

1973, JUNE 4th - ROY J. MURBACH RETIRED AS SECRETARY AFTER 13 YEARS. WORSHIPFUL BROTHER RICHARD S. KELLER WAS APPOINTED TO FILL THE BALANCE OF THE TERM UNTIL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.

1973, NOVEMBER 17th - GROUND WAS BROKEN FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW TEMPLE.

1974, SEPTEMBER 8th - THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE NEW TEMPLE WAS LAID BY THE MOST WORSHIPFUL MASTER BROTHER ROYAL C. SCOFTELD, OTHER GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, THE WORSHIPFUL MASTERS OF JEFFERSON, LINCOLN AND GEORGE M.VERITY OTHER MEMBERS AND PROMENENT MASONS.

1975, AUGUST 8th - A REQUEST WAS MADE TO GRAND LODGE TO MEET IN THE NEW TEMPLE ON MARSHALL ROAD.

1975, SEPTEMBER 1st - THE FIRST MEETING IN THE NEW TEMPLE.

1975, SEPTEMBER 14th - THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW TEMPLE BY THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER, ROBERT D. SAGER, EIGHT PAST GRAND MASTERS, WORSHIPFUL MASTERS OF JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, AND GEORGE M. VERITY, AND OTHER MASTER MASONS. 275 MEMBERS PRESENT.

1978, JUNE 26th - THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON LODGE -MOST WORSHIPFUL MASTER, JERRY C. RASOR, SEVERAL GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, MEMBERS, AND DISTINGUSHED MASONS. 200 MEMBERS PRESENT 1983 WORSHIPFUL MASTER JOSEPH E. NEWLIN WAS THE 100 MASTER OF JEFFERSON LODGE.

1984, OCTOBER 29th - CLERGY NIGHT

1985, FEBRUARY 25th - POOL TOURNAMENT

1987, APRIL 2th - A TABLE LODGE OF ENTERED APPRENTICE

1987, JULY 4th - ROAD ON A FLOAT IN THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE

1988, SEPTEMBER 26th - FRIENDSHIP NIGHT

1989, MARCH 6th - PANCAKE BREAKFAST

1997, NOVEMBER 17th - JOINT INSTALLATION OF JEFFERSON AND LINCOLN LODGES

1997, DECEMBER 1st - WORSHIPFUL RICHARD S. KELLER RESIGNED AS SECRETARY AFTER 25 YEARS. BROTHER DAVID COLE WAS ELECTED BJ: ACCLAMATION.

2000, SEPTEMBER 11th - ONE HALF OF A TIE WAS FRAMED AND PRESENTED TO BROTHER BRIAN HARRISON BY WORSHIPFUL BROTHER WILLIAM HENDRICKSON FOR HIS PRESENCE AT FARMERS NIGHT AT HIGH POINT LODGE BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A TIE.

2002, JUNE 3rd - A MOTION WAS MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED FOR GEORGE M. VERITY NO.760 TO BECOME A PART OF JEFFERSON LODGE NO.90 EFFECTIVE JUNE 12, 2002.

2003, MAY 3rd - THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF JEFFERSON LODGE NO.90. AND THE RECONSECRATION OF THE LODGE BY THE GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.