{"id":9,"date":"2025-07-21T01:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:49:37","slug":"kaslo-lodge-no-25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaslo Lodge No. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b7f6f8cb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1020\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-10 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today-1024x1020.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lodge-today.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#818181\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-048d343b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">The oldest wooden Masonic Lodge building in B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built in 1894 as a general store: &#8220;Green Bros.&#8221; The second story was added for the local Freemasons in 1897, at a cost of $1,200. Kaslo Lodge has met here monthly since then. The chairs originally cost $10 per dozen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iconic square and compasses wallpaper that adorns the Lodge room walls was purchased and installed in 1905, at a cost of $37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" style=\"width:181px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jachin_Kaslo25-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heritagebc.ca\/columbia-basin-region-location\/kaslo-masonic-lodge\/?lang=en\">Heritage BC<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/masonicmarkers.bcy.ca\/listing\/kaslo-masonic-lodge\/\">Masonic Marker <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca\/bcrhp\/search?paging-filter=1&amp;tiles=true&amp;format=tilecsv&amp;reportlink=false&amp;precision=6&amp;total=1&amp;exportsystemvalues=false&amp;csrfmiddlewaretoken=48XDwUls4I4Uc9BscRRFlACPdfqdNKUk&amp;language=*&amp;term-filter=%5B%7B%22context%22%3A%22%22%2C%22context_label%22%3A%22Heritage%20Site%20-%20Site%20Names%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22termKaslo%20Masonic%20HallHeritage%20Site%20-%20Site%20Names%22%2C%22nodegroupid%22%3A%2232d004b6-0d05-11ed-a4d8-5254008afee6%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kaslo%20Masonic%20Hall%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22term%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22Kaslo%20Masonic%20Hall%22%2C%22inverted%22%3Afalse%2C%22selected%22%3Atrue%7D%5D\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca\/bcrhp\/search?paging-filter=1&amp;tiles=true&amp;format=tilecsv&amp;reportlink=false&amp;precision=6&amp;total=1&amp;exportsystemvalues=false&amp;csrfmiddlewaretoken=48XDwUls4I4Uc9BscRRFlACPdfqdNKUk&amp;language=*&amp;term-filter=%5B%7B%22context%22%3A%22%22%2C%22context_label%22%3A%22Heritage%20Site%20-%20Site%20Names%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22termKaslo%20Masonic%20HallHeritage%20Site%20-%20Site%20Names%22%2C%22nodegroupid%22%3A%2232d004b6-0d05-11ed-a4d8-5254008afee6%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kaslo%20Masonic%20Hall%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22term%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22Kaslo%20Masonic%20Hall%22%2C%22inverted%22%3Afalse%2C%22selected%22%3Atrue%7D%5D\">Municipal Heritage Register<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#old\">Image from 1890s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f0ba104 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KasloLodge\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" id=\"old\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273-1479x2048.jpg 1479w, https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/988_040_0273.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green Bros. store as of late 1890s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaslo&#8217;s post office was in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Freemasons met upstairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest wooden Masonic Lodge building in B.C. Built in 1894 as a general store: &#8220;Green Bros.&#8221; The second story was added for the local Freemasons in 1897, at a cost of $1,200. Kaslo Lodge has met here monthly since then. The chairs originally cost $10 per dozen. The iconic square and compasses wallpaper that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaslo25.bcy.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}