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History of Unity Lodge No. 18
Compiled by Harold G. Mischler, P.M.
On March 22nd, 1911, a petition signed by 51 Master Masons requested a Dispensation for a second Lodge at Ogden, to be named Unity Lodge.
The petition was approved by Weber Lodge # 6, which then had a membership of 337. The petition was signed by 8 Master Masons from Weber Lodge, 5 from other Utah Lodges, and 38 from other jurisdictions.
The disposition was issued on March 22nd, 1911, and on April 24th, the Grand Master with most of the Grand Officers and 50 Brethren from Salt Lake City instituted Unity Lodge.
On January 12th, 1912, a petition for a Charter, signed by 54 Master Masons, was received and a Charter was granted to Unity Lodge No. 18 on January 16th, 1912. The Lodge was constituted and officers installed on February17th, 1912.
Thus Unity Lodge No. 18 joined Weber Lodge No. 6 and the Ogden York Rite Bodies at the Masonic Temple, 2550 Washington Blvd. This Temple building was designed and built in 1905 â“ 06 and Publicly Dedicated September 20th, 1906 and would be Unity Lodge No. 18â™s home for the next five decades.
On October 22nd, 1966, Grand Master Howard E. Dorst convened an Occasional Communications of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of conducting the Ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple in Ogden at 20th and Harrison Blvd.
On September 13th, 1967, Past Grand Master Herman O. Fetscher, serving for Grand Master Francis W. Douglas, opened an Occasional Communication of Grand for the purpose of dedicating the new Temple. Brother Fetscher is a Past Master of Weber Lodge No. 6, one of the three Ogden Lodges, the other two being Unity Lodge No. 18 and George Washington No. 24.
(Extracted from..."First 100 Years of Freemasonry in Utah")
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