Former I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 376 - Romney, IN
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This former I.O.O.F. lodge building, in Romney, Indiana, is now home to the Romney Toy Shop.
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Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2014
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This former I.O.O.F. lodge building, in Romney, Indiana, is now home to the Romney Toy Shop.
The Romney Toy Shop (
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On that stone is a crossed axe and spade symbol, three linked rings enclosing the letters F, L, and T, and I.O.O.F No. 376.
Romney is an unincorporated community in Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. Originally named Columbia, Romney received its present name from the community of Romney, West Virginia. (
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Randolph Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 931. (
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Tippecanoe County is a county located in the northwest quadrant of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 172,780. The county seat is Lafayette. It was created in 1826 from Wabash County. Tippecanoe County was formed March 1, 1826, and named for the anglicization of "Kethtippecanoogi", a Miami term meaning "place of the succor fish people." (Kriebel, Robert C. - Tippecanoe at 2000: A Hoosier County Recalls Its Past). The county is best known for Purdue University, the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, and the Tippecanoe County Courthouse, a structure built in 1881 and included in the National Register of Historic Places. (
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