Marker Inscription
Chartered on December 12, 1889, this was the seventh Masonic lodge organized in Fannin County. The first official meeting occurred in January 1890, in a two-story frame building which the lodge shared with the Baptist church. In 1912 the lodge purchased a separate building in downtown Bailey. The second floor was reserved for lodge meetings, while the first floor was leased to a variety of retail businesses. That structure burned in 1950, and Ashley Lodge members met in the Grove Hill Lodge in Leonard until a new building was completed in 1952.
About this site
Ashley Lodge No. 681, A. F. & A. M. is a historical marker in Bailey, Fannin County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.4332, -96.1654 near Bailey. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Baptist Church of Bailey (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Portland, Attebery-Damesworth, and Fenner, Joseph F..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147008836. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
