The Lodge gets OK to become new Dayton creative center

The old Mason Lodge that rises prominently from Sixth Avenue in Dayton is one of the city’s most impressive buildings.

But at last week’s meeting of the board of adjustments, which was considering a proposal by the building’s owner to turn it into a full-time center for creative artists & musicians, the real highlight of the building was that it appears to have been the location where Walk The Moon wrote its new hit album. The band has even given the location shout-outs in national media like NBC and Rolling Stone.

Whether The Lodge, as it is known, is a place that creatives would trek to was not up for question. That much was already clear. The questions were more of the typical at such meetings: how will it accommodate parking, noise, neighbors?

The board unanimously gave owner Scott Beseler approval for his plans.

Read the full River City News story here.