Back in the year 1848, application was made to the Indiana Grand Lodge for dispensation to organize a ldoge in Andersontown, to be named Mt. Moriah, with Dr. Henry Wyman as the first Worshipful Master; Adam Reed, the first Senior warden, and Robert Wooster, as the first Junior Warden. During the time that the lodge was under dispensation, the work was conferred on seven candidates. Besides his interest in Masonry, Dr. Wyman was the first physician to practice in the community. He also identified with the Pioneer Press, editor of the Western Delegraph, and was a member of the state legislature in 1837 and 1838. The records show that he came to Anderson from New York, where he was made a Mason in 1827. 

During the dark days of the War between the States (American Civil War), many Masonic Lodges were ruined financially, the temples destroyed, and membership at a standstill. Mt. Moriah continued to exist and grow. Mt. Moriah moved several times from the first meeting place in the Court House to the present (now old) temple that was dedicated in 1895 at a cost of $40,000. (Pictures below of the old lodge, before we moved to our current building in 1975.)