More than a century on Main Street, restored and reopened in 2019.
The Lodge sits at 231 N. Main Street, in a building that has stood on the block since the early 1900s. It began as Main Street storefronts, was home to the Moose Lodge from 1940 to 1967, and was restored and reopened as workspace in 2019, with the brick and the light kept and a Moose emblem set on the facade to honor what came before.
The reason was simple. A downtown office on Main Street is hard to justify for one person or a small team, and a commercial lease is harder still. The Lodge exists to make that address affordable for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals who could not otherwise carry it.
That mission shapes everything in the building. Private offices, coworking memberships, day passes, and a conference room by the hour, with a kitchen, printing, and parking out front. Nothing expensive. Everything functional. You take only the part you need, month to month, and the historic Main Street address comes with it.
Who runs The Lodge
Jay Beard is the founder and owner of The Lodge, operating as The Lodge Works. He purchased the restored historic Main Street building at 231 N. Main Street and renovated it, then opened it as The Lodge in February 2019 to make a downtown Edwardsville office affordable for people who could not otherwise carry one. Day to day, Cody Savoy handles operations and tours. The Lodge is independent, not a national franchise, which is why the people you reach are the people who run the place.
When The Lodge opened in 2019, it was covered by RiverBender.com and by AllWork.Space, a coworking-industry publication. The building has been part of downtown Edwardsville for more than a century. The coworking space is the newest chapter.
Founder, The Lodge
