Rockton Lodge #316 - Kent, OH
N 41° 09.242 W 081° 21.797
17T E 469518 N 4555919
Kent's Masonic Lodge was originally the home of Marvin Kent, whom the city was named after. He was influential in bringing the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through the village.
Waymark Code: WM2HZC
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2007
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Marvin Kent, a local businessman was influential in bringing the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through the village. This reinvented the city and made it an important stop on the east-west line. To honor Marvin Kent the village was renamed Kent in 1864.
Kent actually preferred the name Rockton to Kent, but Kent was the name decided upon. His former homestead, now on the National Register of Historic Places has been owned by the Rockton Masonic Lodge since 1923.
Four former U.S. Presidents (Warren Harding, William Howard Taft, William McKinley and Benjamin Harrison) slept in this home either before or after their terms while the Kents lived in the home, which features walls and partitions of solid brick, cellar walls and entrances of thick sandstone, and a sloped slate roof. The home was completed in 1884 and provided 7,335 square feet of living space with a ballroom and 20 fireplaces.
MASONIC LODGES: LODGE
GRAND MASONIC LODGES: Not listed
Other: Not listed
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