 After the Anti-Masonic movement petered out, the Grand Lodge founded several institutions.In 1841 the Masonic University was started in La Grange, but it closed in 1881.The Grand Lodge later founded an Old Masons' Home in Shelbyville in 1901, and a Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Louisville in 1867, due to the number of widows and orphans caused by the American Civil War.