Loyal Orange Lodge

Grey Roots’ Orange Hall is a recreation of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 67, the first Orange lodge organized in Grey County. Lodge No. 67 opened on November 5, 1847 in the village of Sydenham (now Owen Sound). The lodge at Grey Roots is dressed to represent a hall in the 1920s.

The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organization. With British settlement, the Orange Order’s membership in Canada grew quickly, and an Orange lodge was established in almost every town and village by the end of the 1800s. Lodges served as community meeting places, social centres, employment agencies and immigrant re-settlement organizations.

 

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The Big Red Shed Blue Water Garage 1920's George Rice Blacksmith Shop 1920's Herb Miller Sawmill 1920's School House 1920's Timber Framed Barn 1920's Farm House 1920's Orange Hall 1886 Log House 1920's Good Cheer Bandstand Outdoor Amphitheatre Carpentry Shop 1853 Log Cabin Moore & Muir Engine Works1897 CN Caboose1925 Arnott General StoreThe Grey Monument

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3D model created in collaboration with St. Mary's High School

 

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