The Ante Room: Ep 4, Tour of Tuscola Odd Fellows Lodge

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Welcome to the fourth episode of The Ante Room! Brought to you by the fine folks over at Heart in Hand: the Modern Odd Fellows Guide. ❤️✋️
👁On this episode: Brother Ainslie Heilich shows off his unusual living arrangement of sharing living quarters with an active Lodge. Take a tour of the apartment and Tuscola Lodge #316. Lots of antiques and oddities to see.
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So what is an “Ante Room”? It is the small waiting room that serves as a buffer between the Odd Fellows Lodge Room and the more public spaces in the building. Often they are fully enclosed with no windows to create an intimate cozy space of personal reflection before gaining entry into the larger wide open Lodge Room where members can mentally shed the woes of their daily lives before donning their ritual regalia. The door featured in the opening was shot in the Ante Room of Tuscola #316 in Tuscola, IL / tuscolaoddfellows

[@holesofmysoles4841]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing.

[@JonBurnsFineArt]

Very cool tour! I'd love to see the hats come into IOOF fashion the way Masons wear their caps.

[@pjohnson7974]

Very cool I'd like to give you a tour of my collection of odd fellow memorabilia I live in Liberty Missouri and we do paranormal investigations over at the Belvoir winery better known as the odd fellows home I love that place. I wish it was still open to the brother hood or a place in Liberty . 👍👍👍👍

[@vintagekarma]

The Grand Lodge of Missouri still cares for the cemetery there. I think there are a couple active Lodges in that area. Email [e-mail] if you are interested in helping out.