​Kendall Masonic Lodge
​No. 897

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Marker No: 15599

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.796734, -98.725815

Location: ​897 East Blanco Road, Boerne 

Marker Text: ​Efforts to form a masonic lodge in Boerne began in 1904. On December 7, 1905, the Grand Lodge of Texas granted a charter to Kendall Lodge No. 897, and A.J. Woods, L.W. King, Sr. and U.A. Shirar, Jr. served as the first principal officers. A fire in 1908 destroyed the lodge hall, and the group met in the county courthouse before moving their meetings to the Calrow building, the city's post office. In 1911, local women chartered Boerne Chapter No. 200, Order of the Eastern Star. The mason's moved to a new building, shared by the order, in 1969 and have since continued supporting the community and Masonic institutions with their time, funds and service. (2005)