This photo shows the Tuscan Lodge, No. 22 of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) on Main Street in Dixfield in the 1930s. Built in 1891, the third floor of this building became the permanent lodge for the IOOF and the Rebekahs. The basement held a kitchen, the first floor was the dance hall and theater, and the second floor was the balcony and dressing rooms. The building became known as simply the Opera House and offered the Town of Dixfield, as well as surrounding communities, a venue to host all manner of social, governmental, and school events for over eighty years.
