Lodge Explained

Lodge is originally a term for a relatively small building, often associated with a larger one.

Lodge or The Lodge may refer to:

Buildings and structures

Types

• Lodge, a dwelling for a beaver, an aquatic mammal
• Lodge, a building for temporary or seasonal lodging, such as:
  • Hunting lodge (disambiguation), a building that is built to accommodate hunters
  • Mountain hut, a hostel for trekkers, very often called a lodge
  • Safari lodge, also called a game lodge, a type of tourist accommodation in southern and eastern Africa
  • Ski lodge, a building that is purpose-built to support the sport of snow skiing
• Lodges, the houses used by the Chi Psi fraternity chapters
• Small trading stations of French India
• "Sufi lodge", known as a khanqah (or tekke)

Specific

• The Lodge, Australia, the official Canberra residence of the Prime Minister of Australia
• The Lodge (Indianapolis, Indiana), an apartment building on the National Register of Historic Places
• The Lodge (audio mastering), a recording facility in Manhattan, New York City
• The Lodge, an historic building and place name in Apopka, Florida, United States
• John C. Lodge Freeway, colloquially known as the Lodge, in Detroit, Michigan
• RSPB The Lodge, nature reserve and headquarters of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• The Lodge at Pebble Beach, hotel and clubhouse in Pebble Beach, California

Organizations and enterprises

• Lodge (company), an American cookware manufacturer
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, local orders and their meeting halls are called lodges
• Local union, some trade unions have local organizations called lodges
• Grand Lodge of fraternal organization
• Masonic Lodge, the basic organization of Freemasonry
• Odd Fellows Lodge (disambiguation), the basic organisation of the Order of Odd Fellows
• Orange Lodge, the basic organisation of the Orange Institution

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

• Lodge (Beaver album) (1999)
• Lodge (Fanu and Bill Laswell album) (2008)
• The Lodge (band), a 1980s art-rock band

Television

• The Lodge (TV series), 2016 British series based on the Israeli series North Star
• The Lodge, a 1993 British series starring David Thwaites
• "The Lodge", an episode of The Goes Wrong Show

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• The Lodge (comics), a fictional government organization from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint
• The Lodge (film), a 2019 horror film

Places

United States

• Lodge, Illinois, an unincorporated community
• Lodge, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Lodge, South Carolina, a town
• Lodge, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

• Lodge, County Londonderry, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
• Lodge, an abandoned hamlet in the parish of Stonebeck Up in North Yorkshire, England
• Lodge Causeway, a road in Bristol
• Lodge Hill, Bristol, a hill and residential area of Bristol, England
• The Lodge, Nova Scotia, Canada

People

• Lodge (surname), a list of people and characters with the surname
  • Lodge family, a New England political family
• Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency (1747-1822), Irish politician
• Lodge Kerrigan (born 1964), American screenwriter and film director

Schools

• Lodge School (Malaysia), Kuching, Sarawak, a private school
• The Lodge School, Barbados, a public secondary school

See also

• • Gatehouse or "gate lodge", a building round the entrance of a larger building
• Lodge 49, a 2018 AMC-TV series
• Porters' lodge, a place near the entrance of a building where one or more porters can be found
• Sweat lodge, a ceremonial structure used by Native Americans
• Tipi, a conical tent, traditionally made of animal skins, and wooden poles, used by the Native American nomadic tribes of the Great Plains
• Wigwam, a domed, round shelter used by numerous Native American cultures
• Lodging (disambiguation)
• Hunting lodge (disambiguation)