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Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio Relocates Statewide Administrative Office to Downtown Tiffin

September 12, 2026

TIFFIN, OHIO – September 10, 2026 – Downtown Tiffin is pleased to welcome the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio, which has relocated its statewide administrative office from the Cleveland area to 185 S. Washington Street in Downtown Tiffin.

The office is led by Grand Secretary Ken Foy and serves approximately 100 Royal Arch Mason chapters throughout Ohio. From the Tiffin office, Foy manages the organization’s statewide administrative operations, including communications with local chapters, annual reports, membership records, financial administration and preparations for the organization’s annual session.

Foy, a Tiffin resident, was elected Grand Secretary in October 2025. With the position previously based in the Cleveland area, relocating the administrative office to Tiffin became a priority. Foy began leasing the space at 185 S. Washington Street in February and moved the office to Downtown Tiffin in March.

For Foy, finding a downtown location was important, and the Washington Street office offered an additional benefit: it is located directly next to the Tiffin Masonic Lodge.

“It couldn’t be more convenient. I really wanted to be downtown if I could,” Foy said. “I do a lot of work at the Lodge, so being right next door means I can easily go back and forth and bring things over here when I need to. It’s the perfect location.”

The new office provides space for administrative operations, records, supplies and meetings. Foy also plans to eventually relocate the organization’s library from its current location in Springfield to the Downtown Tiffin office, providing additional space for the preservation and use of the organization’s historical materials.

The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio has a history dating back to 1816 and today includes approximately 8,000 members statewide.

For more information about Downtown Tiffin, visit www.downtowntiffin.org.

 

About Downtown Tiffin

The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.

About Heritage Ohio

Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.

About Main Street America

Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.

 
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