The Grange was founded in 1867 to help farmers and to give them a unified political voice. It was the first organization in the U.S. that allowed women in leadership positions and allowed people of color to become members. Grange halls were THE center of social activity in rural America.
The Grange’s political accomplishments include regulating prices railroads could charge for shipping farm products to market, establishment of Rural Free Delivery by the Post Office, passage of the Rural Electrification R Act of 1936. There are strong ties between the Grange and the Chautauqua movement; these events often occurred in Grange halls. The Future Farmers of America had its beginnings in the Grange.
The Washington State Grange was founded in 1889, several months before Washington became a state. In 1911 the Twisp Valley Grange was established, and at one time was one of 13 Granges in the Methow Valley. The Twisp Valley Grange originally met in the "Opera House" located near where the feed store stands now.
The present hall construction was begun in 1948 but was not completely finished until 1965. While laying the block walls, a windstorm blew over the west wall and destroyed the floor and joist work. The Grangers met in the basement for a decade. They would bring hatchets and clean the mortar off the blocks before resetting them. They raised funds selling hamburgers at the rodeo grounds on the bench above the present hall.
In 2007 the roof was replaced, the rafters extended and the ceiling insulated. In 2023 two heat pumps and air cleaning systems will be installed and the emergency backstairs will be replaced.