The first account of a Masonic meeting in Denton County was in 1854, within the community of Flower Mound, inside a log barn on the Matthew Donald farm. Meetings were also held at various other places within the settlements of Longs Prairie and Halford Prairie during the following year.

In 1856, special dispensation was received from the Grand Lodge of Texas and a permanent meeting place was established, about 1/2 mile north of our present lodge. There, open-air meetings were held, with the ceremonies taking place upon the surface of a huge, flat rock, located within the center of Prairie Creek, beside the creek's flowing spring. This site was known as Mason's Hole.

On January 23, 1857, a charter was issued in the name of Denton Lodge Number 201. It was the first lodge chartered in Denton County and was named in honor of John Denton, a lawyer, preacher, Indian fighter and Free Mason. Shortly thereafter, the Brethren purchased five acres of land at the site of what is presently the Old Hall Cemetery on McGee Road. Upon this site, using donated logs and their own labor, they erected our first lodge, a two story building with a school and church on the first floor, and the lodge meeting room upstairs.

By 1872, the coming of the railroad resulted in significant growth within this area, and the Lodge was relocated closer to Lewisville. A new building was constructed at the corner of Cowan and College Streets, with a school still being provided on the lower level.

In 1890, our Lodge name was changed from Denton Lodge #201, to Lewisville Lodge #201, to help eliminate the confusion with Stanfield Lodge #217, located within the city of Denton.

In 1891, the city of Lewisville voted a bond issue and built their first public school. This same year, the members purchased a lot in the downtown section of Main Street and constructed a new lodge building, sharing ownership with a merchant on the lower floor. This building housed the lodge until 1918, when fire destroyed most of the north part of Main Street, along with the Lodge building, furniture, regalia, and records.

During the next two years, the Lodge conferred degrees and held meetings in the Grapevine Lodge while developing the plans to erect a new building upon the same Main Street site. The new building, completed in 1920, housed our Lodge for the next 60 years.

During this era, many changes came about. There were good times, and good fellowship, and there were also some rough times when the Lodge was hard pressed for finances. But we endured, and our members always gave freely of their time and talent to keep Masonry alive in this community. The proof of this surrounds us today as we view our present, beautiful temple, completed during 1981, and which was erected as those before, with the labor, materials, and money contributed by our members. Furthermore, many non-Masons also gave generously in order that our Masonic Lodge could add its pillar of strength to the community.

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