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For years, Jess and Scott Hogan watched the old Gig Harbor Grange building deteriorate. They had a front-row view of it from the adjacent property, where they operate Artondale Farm.
The local grange went dormant back in 2011, and ownership of the building reverted to the Washington State Grange organization. The Hogans, whose farm forms an L-shape around the grange property, contacted the state group about purchasing the building and adding it to their farm.
“It was breaking my heart to watch such a historic building in disrepair,” Jess Hogan said.
After years of polite solicitations, the Grange agreed to sell the building to Artondale Farm in 2016.
That’s when the work really started for the Hogans.
History of the old Grange building
The building started life as the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1912, and its layout has the feel of small community church. Ownership transferred to the Artondale…
