Details for Orphans Friend Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008608
Data
| Marker Number | 8608 |
| Atlas Number | 5185008608 |
| Marker Title | Orphans Friend Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons |
| Index Entry | Orphans Friend Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons |
| Address | 151 Main |
| City | Anderson |
| County | Grimes |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 213311 |
| UTM Northing | 3376639 |
| Subject Codes | fraternal organizations; Episcopal denomination |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 151 Main; Anderson. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Other - explain |
| Marker Text | Organized April 8, chartered June 30, 1842. Pioneered in education. Operated Masonic Collegiate Institute, 1846-1851. Reserving lodge room, gave school to St. Paul's Episcopal College, which was in operation until 1856. Later plant was used by various schools. In 1905 it was sold, and lodge relocated here. |