The Old Lockbourne School house opened its doors in early 1889.  Originally serving as a high school, it is the oldest in the Hamilton Local School District.  Once the high school was moved to Rohr Rd, the first Lockbourne School became an Elementary for grades 1 – 6, up until 1953.  The building had no indoor plumbing,  students used outhouses located in front of the building near a pump for their drinking water.  It has since been refurbished and placed back in its original location in the southern front corner of the building. Several grades were taught in just (4) four rooms.

The building was purchased by the Freemasons in 1954. At that time, most Masonic lodges would hold meetings on nights of the full moon, so members could make their way through the night to and from meetings using the moonlight to guide them. Many lodges stopped using the lunar calendar after the invention of the streetlight and only (13) thirteen Moon Lodges remain in Ohio.  Considered a Moon Lodge, the Lockbourne Lodge continued to use the lunar calendar until it merged with Groveport’s Freemasons in 2019.

The building has served our Village residents for over a hundred years and continues to be a functioning part of our community for years to come.