Simeon Walling was a member of Lodge No.238, and it is quite certain that the lodge met in his establishment, located on the northeast corner of what is now identified as Walling Avenue and Main Street, location of the First United Presbyterian Church. The lodge continued in activities until 1832 when its charter was revoked for failure to make reports to Grand Lodge. The minutes of this lodge have never been found, but the ancient charter was found nearly a hundred years after in the attic of a descendant of one of the members and is now a cherished possession of Oneonta Lodge #466. In 1858 there was agitation for a revival of Masonry in Oneonta and a petition was made to Grand Lodge. A dispensation was granted and the first meeting,Under Dispensation, was held on January 8, 1858, in a room over Perkin's Marble Shop, on the northeast corner of Dietz and Main Streets. The Charter was dated June 20, l859, and Elias Light was the first master of Oneonta Lodge No.466. This lodge is still going strong, one hundred-ninety-nine years after the first appearance of Freemasonry in our community.