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The lodge beside the river

The Homesteader · June 2021

In the story: 7. They got there, 2011–2021.

A black-and-white photograph of the Drake lodge beneath tall pines, with the museum’s caption below.
The museum’s lodge photograph and caption. The Homesteader · Deschutes County Historical Society Examine the original

A museum photograph preserves the lodge that became home to the Emblem Club and later a Masonic meeting place.

The June 2021 newsletter caption dates its construction to 1900 and its demolition to 1956. It is a later account of a building that served several chapters of Bend’s civic life.

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