Dutcher Lodge
Archive
Documents and photos about the history and efforts to preserve the Douglas Masons Lodge which is also known as the Douglas City Hall.
- Small wooden mallet.
- 45 photos of the restoration of the Dutcher Lodge.
- Ticket/program for the Douglas Historic Home Tour, Sunday, October 4, 1992
- A small (3.5” x 5”) blue booklet with the By-Laws of the Dutcher Lodge, No. 193.
- A newspaper with an article about the restoration of Dutcher Lodge. Holland Sentinel March 20, 1994
- February 20, 1995 letter from Jim Schmiechen to Jeff ??? regarding how renovation of Dutcher Lodge should be historically correct.
- A proof of page 20 from the book “RAISING THE ROOF” by Jim Schmiechen. It includes a 1902 photograph of the DUTCHER LODGE & DOUGLAS VILLAGE HALL”.
- An orange 8.5” x 11” program for the HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION of DUTCHER LODGE, October 11, 1997.
- Four buttons from the 1991 Douglas Historic Preservation Committee with an image of the Dutcher Lodge.
- Two leather Masonic aprons.
- October 12, 2002, Certificate of Recognition to SDHS from Douglas City Council for Dutcher Lodge renovation efforts.
- Newspaper clipping about an essay contest created to gain support for the Dutcher Lodge preservation project.
- 1996 Synopsis for the Restoration of Dutcher Lodge in a 8.5” x 11” flyer for use as the Douglas Community Center.
- 1991 poster for the Douglas Historic Home Walking Tour.
- Newspaper article about trying to save Dutcher Lodge and the October 6, 1991 tour to raise funds.
- May 27, 1976, newspaper article about the long-delayed maintenance, renovation and painting of the village hall has begun.
- Programs for the 1993 (?) and 1994 “Designers’ Showcase House” to benefit the renovation of Dutcher Lodge.
- Bag of documents from the Freemasons at the Dutcher Lodge, including certificates, letters, and memos, along with documents about chartering a lodge in Fennville.
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