The high maintenance and heating costs of their 77-year old building, coupled with a diminished membership, has impelled the Sellwood Masonic lodge to sell their Westmoreland building at S.E. Milwaukie and Ogden Streets. However, according to lodge officers the group is not disbanding.
For the present, they will continue to meet in their building, and if the sale is successful, relocate or build a more suitable lodge. They also hope to increase their membership, which at one time was four times its current level of one hundred Masons. If the building sells for its $1.95 million asking price, options include renting meeting space from another lodge, purchasing a smaller, more efficient building, or constructing a new one, preferably in the area
Westmoreland Masonic building for sale, but Lodge to continue
For the present, they will continue to meet in their building, and if the sale is successful, relocate or build a more suitable lodge. They also hope to increase their membership, which at one time was four times its current level of one hundred Masons. If the building sells for its $1.95 million asking price, options include renting meeting space from another lodge, purchasing a smaller, more efficient building, or constructing a new one, preferably in the area
Westmoreland Masonic building for sale, but Lodge to continue