Napa Lodge #18

Instituted July 10, 1945

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday 7:00pm
Meeting Location: 2329 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 2183, Alameda, CA 95401

In 1945 Porter Lodge #272 and Oakland Lodge #118 consolidated and was issued by the Grand Lodge of California the number 3. Oakland Lodge met in the Odd Fellows Hall located at the corner of 11th St. and Franklin Street.

This lodge lost most of their records to the fire in May of 1946. It is not certain but they may have lost the records of the Oakland Lodge #118 & Porter Lodge #272.

Instituted July 12, 1869

Meets 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 721 S. Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA
Mailing Address: 721 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805

Instituted February 24, 1866

Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 26 7th St, San Francisco, CA
Mailing Address: 26 7th St #201, San Francisco, CA 94103

Instituted August 17, 1852

Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 1226 1/2 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 4, Auburn, CA 95604

Instituted September 4, 1857

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 6:00pm
Meeting Address: 625 Brotherhood Wy, San Francisco, CA
Mailing Address: 3425 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94132

Instituted May 18, 1945

Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:00pm
Meeting Location: 710 Harbor St. Morro Bay, CA
Mailing Address: 710 Harbor St. Morro Bay, CA 93442

Instituted October 4, 1862

Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 839 Main St, Redwood City, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 925, Redwood City, CA 94064

Instituted January 23, 1923

Meets 1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Tuesday 7:30
Meeting Location: IOOF Hall 5720 Clark Ave. Bellflower, CA 90706
Mailing Address: IOOF Hall 5720 Clark Ave. Bellflower, CA 90706

Instituted February 20, 1878

Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:00pm
Meeting Location: IOOF Hall, 2288 Fulton St. Rm 200 Berkeley, CA 94704
Mailing Address:IOOF Hall, 2288 Fulton St. Rm 200 Berkeley, CA 94704

Instituted February 10, 1900

Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 7:00pm
Meeting Location: 152 Forest St. Boulder Creek, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 204, Boulder Creek, CA 95006

Instituted September 9, 1849
Re-Instituted June 28, 1988

Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 3250 19th Ave (Risk Hall), San Francisco, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 5566, So San Francisco, CA 94083

History of the Lodge

In Philadelphia, before 1849, the Sovereign Grand Lodge issued the charter “California Lodge #1” and sent it to California with 6 charter members.

Due to the fever of GOLD, some of the charter members left for the hills, leaving James Smiley behind to organize a lodge in San Francisco.

After the earthquake in 1906 one member defied soldiers orders, entered the Lodge and saved the charter just before the building was dynamited as a break to stop the fire that was taking over the city.

In 1966 California Lodge #1 consolidated with Concordia Lodge #122, however in 1988 Concordia Lodge petitioned the Grand Lodge of California to restore the original charter and allow Concordia Lodge to become California Lodge #1 again.

Today California Lodge #1 is very active in their community. They made the decision to run the Lodge like a corporation with a Board of Directors, operation budgets and committee chairpeople. This growing lodge now has over 300 members.

History of the Location

First met in the Levi Stowell bldg. at Montgomery between Jackson & Washington. Later they moved to a larger hall owned by J.D. Stevenson on the east side of Kearny between Pine & California where they met until the fire of 1850. They then moved to the Gianella bldg. on the east side of Montgomery between Jackson & Washington. In 1859 the members moved yet again to larger quarters on the N.E. corner of Bush & Kearny. Finally in 1865 they had their first temple owned by the members on the west side of Montgomery St. between Pine st. & California St.

In 1884, the grand hall of the Odd Fellows was built with many meeting rooms. Grand Lodge of California, several Odd Fellows Lodges and several Grand Lodge sessions were held here until the Great Quake of 1906. This building took the entire block of the west side of Market St. between 7th & 8th.

After the quake California 1 met in many location until 1910 when the new hall at 7th & Market was rebuilt. California 1 met for years on the 6th floor, “Encampment hall” of the new building.

In 1994, after a declining membership took it’s toll on this lodge, a survey was sent to the members asking, what would get you back to Lodge, the biggest concern was the saftey of the membership coming into an undesirable downtown area, so in 1994 this Lodge and Bay City Lodge #71 moved to it’s new location.

Instituted January 23, 1857

Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday 8:00pm
Meeting Location: 11845 Main St, Valley Springs (Jenny Lind), CA 95252
Mailing Address: 11845 Main St, Valley Springs, CA 95252

History of the Location

Campo Seco Odd Fellows Lodge originally met in Campo Seco from 1857 – 1873. This little town, fading fast, most of the members were coming from Jenny Lind, so in 1873 the Lodge moved to Jenny Lind. In 1874 the members built an Adobe brick buiding on Odd Fellows Street in town. By 1887 many of the members were coming from Milton, so the Lodge sold the building and property to the school district for $60.00. This buidling was lost in a fire in 1960. In 1904, the members were now mostly coming from Jenny Lind and Valley Springs, so the Lodge again moved to it’s current location in Jenny Lind. The hall was built on property donated to the Odd Fellows by the Sinclair Brothers, who were members of the order. This town also has an Odd Fellows Cemetery which is located at the end of Mann St.

Instituted February 14, 1852

Meets 2nd Thursday 7:30pm
4971 N Mill St, Linden, CA 95236
Mailing Address: PO Box 677, Linden, CA 95236

Instituted March 3, 1870

Meets every 3rd Monday 7:30pm
Meeting Location: 520 Dana St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Mailing Address: 520 Dana St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Instituted July 16, 1892

Meets 1st and 2nd Thursday 7:30pm
Meeting Location: IOOF Hall, 611 W. 6th St. Corona, CA
Mailing Address: 13240 Oak Dell St, Moreno Valley, CA 92553

Instituted December 4, 1856

Meets 1st & 3rd Thursdays 6:30pm
Meeting Location: 7672 S. Shingle Rd. Latrobe, CA 95682
Mailing Address: 7672 S. Shingle Rd. Latrobe, CA 95682

History of the Location

This lodge was instituted at Michigan Bar, Ca in 1856 and met in this small little town for the next 9 years. In 1865, they petitioned the Grand Lodge of California to move to Latrobe. The original meeting hall in Latrobe was destroyed by fire in 1915 and the lodge lost all records. The current building is a fine hall with an active Lodge. The downstairs has a nice large dining room and stage.
Michigan Bar is located just south of the Michigan Bar bridge on Michigan Bar Rd. But the town is now a part of Sloughhouse. If you make this trip, the ride is nice, but the road is graded dirt. And for a short hike, there is a Michigan Bar Cemetery further up the rd. and off the beaten path to the west.

Instituted October 31, 1851

Meets 2nd Wednesday 7:00pm
Meeting Location: 5030 Main St. Coulterville, CA
Mailing Address: PO Box 156, Coulterville, CA 95311