Douglas Lodge No.153

A dispensation was issued on May 5, 1919 to form a lodge at Sedalia, Colorado. This dispensation was granted by MW Brother Clarence M. Kellogg. The Lodge was known as Sedalia Lodge U.D. The Lodge held 12 regular communications before the next Grand Lodge session and was congratulated by the Committee on Returns and Work for the neat and careful keeping of records. The Charter was granted October 8, 1919 under the name of Douglas Lodge #153 with 32 charter members. Constitution of the Lodge was held October 20, 1919 with MW Brother Frank L. Bishop officiating. March 30, 1937, Brother LOUIS R. HIGBY purchased the present Lodge building on the corner of 3rd and Wilcox in Castle Rock as a trustee of Douglas Lodge. The building was built in 1904 for the First National Bank of Douglas County which occupied the building for 29 years. During the depression in 1933, the bank closed and the building stood vacant until the Lodge purchase in 1937.