CHANGES TO THE TEMPLE

• 1869:  Dispensation is granted by the Grand Lodge of Washington Territory, and the Whidby Island Lodge #15, F. & A.M. is formed.
• 1874:  The Temple is built by member and Past Master John Alexander, Jr.
• 1881:  The Lower Hall is retrofitted to house the offices of the Island County Commissioners.  The Lower Hall would be rehabilitated numerous times, and served as a residence/office for two doctors.
• 1886:  Foundations are upgraded.  Brick underpinnings and concrete platforms are replaced.  Calcimining applied to the walls of the Temple interior.
• 1891:  A cistern is installed to the west of the Temple by a Lodge member.
• 1896:  A gift of rough and perfect ashlars is made to the Lodge by member C.H. Stackpole.
• 1897:  C.H. Stackpole makes a gift of a square and compass emblem, which is gilt and placed in the gable peak on the eastern elevation.
• 1898:  Installation of ventilation shafts.
• 1903:  The first mention is made in the meeting minutes of building a new Temple.
• 1910:  The bungalow on the lot immediately adjacent to the Temple's western elevation is built by the Masons for the widow of one of their deceased bretheren.
• 1911:  Concrete walk is installed in front of the Temple.  A year later, a walk connecting this to the front entrance is installed.
• 1916:  Temple is electrified.
• 1939:  Addition is installed on the southern elevation.  The former stairwell projection is enclosed.
• 1948:  An addition to the eastern elevation is installed.  Twenty feet is added to this facade, including a projecting second story.  The four fluted Doric columns on this elevation were removed from a bank in Oak Harbor and installed on the Temple at this time.
• 1954:  The final addition to the Temple is installed on the western elevation.  Fourteen feet is added to this facade, and the roof configuration is changed from gabled to hipped with a clipped gable.
• 1964:  Steel fire escape is installed on the northern elevation.  Historic window is rehabilitated as a means of egress from the second story.
• 1973:  The concrete block storage building on the western side of the Temple is constructed.
• 1981:  Repairs are made to the north side of the Temple Roof.
• 1983:  New lighting system installed in the Lodge Room.  Electrical elements and sound system also upgraded in this space.
• 2000:  Roof replaced.