AKRON, COLORADO
Akron Lodge No. 74 was formed principally through the efforts of two men, Sylvester Cordeal and Perrin W. Clifford who were instrumental in calling a meeting of Masons of the area who were anxious to form a regular Masonic Lodge. At this meeting in the midsummer of 1888 there were twelve interested brethren who decided the time had come to petition the Grand Lodge of Colorado for a dispensation. This petition together with a recommendation of Oasis Lodge No. 67 in Fort Morgan was submitted to the Grand Master for his consideration.
A dispensation was granted on November 16, 1888. The first regular meeting of Akron Lodge U. D. was held November 19, 1888. A petition for a charter was presented to the Grand Lodge and was granted on September 18, 1889. The names of twenty-nine members appear on said charter. Akron Lodge No. 74 was constituted and dedicated at the first stated communication under charter on November 6, 1889. Brother S. W. Robinson acted as proxy for the Grand Master at the ceremony.
Brother Frank D. Allen, our Master in 1921, served as Grand Master in 1945. He was Grand High Priest of Colorado Royal Arch Masons ten years earlier.
On January 19, 1950 a fire destroyed the Temple and all the Lodge furniture and equipment and most of the records were lost. A new Temple was erected in 1951, the corner-stone being laid by the Grand Lodge on May 16, 1951. The first stated communication in the new Temple was held on October 3, 1951, and was formally dedicated on April 19, 1952 by Most Worshipful Grand Master C. Wheeler Barnes.
Number of members November 30,1960 146
