Vancouver Island Masonic History Project
Buildings Associated With Freemasons – Victoria
1402 Stadacona Avenue
1402 Stadacona Avenue was designed and built in 1907 by David Herbert Bale (1867-1945), a member of Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No. 2, who used it as his residence and business address.
![1402 Stadacona Avenue, built for in 1907 by designed/builder David H. Bale as his personal residence. (photo: Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fort_St-1480-Argos-TempleLodge33-P7112276-1662x1247-1.jpg)
![1402 Stadacona Avenue, built for in 1907 by designed/builder David H. Bale as his personal residence. (photo: Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fort_St-1480-Argos-TempleLodge33-P7112280-1662x1247-1.jpg)
![Stained glass detail at 1402 Stadacona Avenue, built for in 1907 by designed/builder David H. Bale as his personal residence. (photo: Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fort_St-1480-Argos-stained_glass-detail-TempleLodge33-P7112279-1662x1247-1.jpg)
David H. Bale named this house “Argos”, and that name appears on the columns on the front entrance.
![Detail at 1402 Stadacona Avenue, built for in 1907 by designed/builder David H. Bale as his personal residence. (photo: Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fort_St-1480-Argos-detail-TempleLodge33-P7112277-1662x1247-1.jpg)
Here is a David H. Bale advertisement from 1913 showing 1402 Stadacona Avenue as the business address of his company, D.H. Bale:
![1913 advertisement for Davis H. Bale, "Architect, Builder & Contractor" (Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian)](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DH_Bale-advertisement-1913-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1662x1558.jpg)
Here is a map showing the location of 1402 Stadacona Avenue:
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