V. W. Bro. James Bowman was the first Masterof Sharon Lodge G.R.C. No. 97 when it began operations in 1858. There is, however, some uncertainty as to when the first meeting of the Lodge was held. The records indicate that a meeting was held in April of that year, but the minutes refer to a previous meeting, probably one held in March. Other evidence, such as the start-up dates and G.R.C. numbers of other lodges formed at that time, indicate the possibly that there had been a meeting of Sharon Lodge in February. In any case the first meetings were held in the Mansion House Hotel in Sharon in a rented room.

The lodge met at this hotel from 1858 until June of 1905. There was a break in the time the Lodge was located at the Mansion House. Around 1890 a fire destroyed part of the hotel and for a few months they met in the first meeting house of the Children of Peace. This was but a temporary arrangement.

In 1905 the lodge moved to Queensville to a rented space over Burkholders General Store. The room did not have electricity or running water. The first meeting in the new Temple was held in June of that year when it was reasonably warm. The older members pf the lodge had many stories of cold winter nights, when the snow was blowing into the lodge room through the cracks in the walls.

The Masonic Hall that became the meeting place for Sharon Lodge in 1966 was proven to be a more comfortable home for 40 years.