Worthington Masonic Museum photograph

The facade of the Worthington Masonic Museum in Worthington, Ohio. The historic marker placed outside the site states "Worthington was the center of Masonry for the central Ohio area in the early years of the nineteenth century. New England Lodge, with its original charter from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut dated 1803, is the oldest lodge in continuous existence in Ohio. This building, erected in 1820, is the oldest Masonic Temple west of the Allegheny Mountains.