The Tolt I.O.O.F. Lodge #148 was instituted on March 20, 1895. The initiation fee was $20.00, which was paid by each member pledging that much toward the building of a hall. Several of the men worked in the mill owned by John T. Larson, so they pledged $20.00 worth of their pay in lumber and turned it over to the lodge. Dedication of the hall was December 26, 1895. On November 12, 1926, the Oddfellows sold the hall to Tolt Aerie 1059, Fraternal Order of Eagles, when the large new Oddfellows Hall was built on Bird Street (the Sno-Valley Senior Center today).
The original Oddfellows (later Eagles) Hall, built by I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 148, has been an integral part of community life in Carnation since its construction in 1895. The two-story building has a prominent gambrel roof which terminates at the second story floor line, giving the structure a distinct barnlike appearance unusual for a social hall of this type and era. The lower roof pitches have diamond-cut patterned shingles, which were restored to the building in 1995 along with ventilated cupola and a flag pole which had been destroyed by lightening in 1914.
Oddfellows / Eagles Hall (1895)
The original Oddfellows (later Eagles) Hall, built by I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 148, has been an integral part of community life in Carnation since its construction in 1895. The two-story building has a prominent gambrel roof which terminates at the second story floor line, giving the structure a distinct barnlike appearance unusual for a social hall of this type and era. The lower roof pitches have diamond-cut patterned shingles, which were restored to the building in 1995 along with ventilated cupola and a flag pole which had been destroyed by lightening in 1914.