STAR LODGE, NO. XXIX.
A regular meeting of Lodge No. 29, I. O. of O. F. of the state of New York, will be held at Odd Fellows Hall, 265, State street, on Tuesday Evening next, at 7 o'clock.GEO. A. STONE, Secretary.Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1844.Lansingburgh Democrat. February 7, 1844: 2 col 5.—Hudson Valley Lodge, I. O. O. F., is in a flourishing condition."Jottings About Town." Lansingburgh Gazette. October 18, 1873: 3 col 1.
ODD FELLOWS BUILD.—New Temple in Lansingburgh Formally Opened.—
Hudson Valley Lodge, No. 347, I. O. O. F., Has Well Equipped Building on [One Hundred] Twelfth Street—Handsomely Finished Lodge Rooms—Organized Twenty-seven Years Ago—Active Officers and Enthusiastic Membership.Troy Times. February 4, 1910: Art Section.
SOME HISTORY ON ODD FELLOWSHIP AND REBEKAHS
Odd Fellowship had its inception in Troy in 1838, when Trojan Lodge was chartered November 11 of that year. For many years the order had a temple on River Street, south of Fulton, which was destroyed by fire in 1918. A new home was at once purchased at 81 Fourth Street, where all the local lodges have their respective headquarters. Troy Encampment was chartered December 6, 1841, and organized December 5 of the same year. The next was Star Lodge (Lansingburgh) which was active until 1861, when it was forced to surrender its charter due to the fact that the majority of its members were fighting in the Union forces. Hudson Valley Lodge was the successor of Star Lodge and was chartered February 5, 1873, and first met at 265 State Street (Second Avenue) in what is now the McMurray building. In 1909 a building site was purchased on 112th Street, between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, and during the same year a $20,000 Odd Fellows' Hall was erected. The Lansingburgh Rebekah Lodge functions in conjunction with this lodge.Troy Times. May 16, 1931: 3 col 2.14 Members Inducted By TravelersTroy Council United Commercial Travelers, held initiation at its recent spring jamboree at the Odd Fellows Hall in Lansingburgh under the direction of Robert Burdick, senior commander. About 125 members and guests attended.Fourteen candidates were initiated by a degree team from Glens Falls Council. [...]Times Record. May 26, 1964: 15 col 5.