MassachusettsYear1927

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1927

There were 33 districts in Massachusetts in 1927, as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

William I. Corthell, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Germania (Boston, 1854)
• Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
• Revere (Boston, 1856)
• Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
• Shawmut (Boston, 1911)

DISTRICT 2C: Cambridge

Edward F. Wallis, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
• Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
• Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
• Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
• Richard C. MacLaurin (Cambridge, 1920)
• United, (Cambridge, 1924)

DISTRICT 2B: Boston

Arthur W. Coolidge, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
• Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
• Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
• Zetland (Boston, 1867)
• Euclid (Boston, 1916)
• The Harvard (Cambridge, 1922)
• Boston University (Boston, 1925)

DISTRICT 3B: Boston

Charles C. Balcom, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Mount Tabor (Boston, 1846)
• Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
• Hammatt (East Boston, 1859)
• Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
• Temple (Boston, 1870)
• Seaview (Revere, 1917)
• Fourth Estate (Boston, 1922)

DISTRICT 3C: Chelsea

George H. McIntyre, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
• Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
• Faith (Charlestown, 1868)
• Winthrop (Winthrop, 1887)
• Noddle's Island (Boston, 1920)
• Everett C. Benton (East Boston, 1925)
• Major General Henry Knox (Boston, 1926)

DISTRICT 4SB: South Boston

Herbert S. Locke, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
• Adelphi (Boston, 1865)
• Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
• Algonquin, Dorchester, 1913)
• Loyalty (Jamaica Plain, 1920)

DISTRICT 4D: Dorchester

Ralph Lowe, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
• Lafayette (Roxbury, 1865)
• Rabboni (Dorchester, 1869)
• Macedonian (Milton, 1893)
• Brotherhood (Boston, U.D.)

DISTRICT 4R: Roxbury

William H.C. Carrasco, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
• Eliot (Boston, 1866)
• Dorchester (Dorchester, 1912)
• West Roxbury (Roslindale, 1919)
• Milton (Milton, 1922)
• Hesperia (South Boston, 1925)

DISTRICT 5W: Waltham

H. Alton Roark, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
• Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
• Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
• Fraternity (Newtonville, 1875)
• Wellesley (Wellesley, 1912)
• Victory (Watertown, 1920)
• Ebenezer Fuller (Brighton, 1920)
• Beaver (Belmont, 1922)

DISTRICT 5B: Brighton

Rudolph Burrough, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
• Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
• Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
• Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
• Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
• Norumbega (Newtonville, 1920)
• Brookline (Brookline, 1920)

DISTRICT 6S: Somerville

Warner R. Crowell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
• Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
• Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
• Soley (Somerville, 1879)
• Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)
• Mystic Valley (Winchester, 1920)
• Russell (Arlington, 1923)

DISTRICT 6A: Arlington

William W. Wade, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
• Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
• John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
• William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
• Somerville (West Somerville, 1912)
• Sagamore (West Medford, 1913)
• Samuel Crocker Lawrence (Medford, 1920)

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Willard P. Lombard, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
• King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
• Fidelity (Melrose, 1918)
• Galilean (Everett, 1921)

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

Frederic L. Putnam, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
• William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
• Palestine (Everett, 1868)
• Converse (Malden, 1887)
• Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
• The Lodge of Stirling (Malden, 1910)

DISTRICT 8: Salem

Frank T. Goodell, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Essex (Salem, 1791)
• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)
• Damascus (Lynn, 1906)
• Wayfarers (Swampscott, 1914)
• Budleigh (Beverly, 1921)

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

Walter L. Williams, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
• Amity (Danvers, 1863)
• Starr King (Salem, 1864)
• Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
• Bethlehem (Lynn, 1920)

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

Addison G. Brooks, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
• Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
• John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
• Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
• Manchester (Manchester, 1920)

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

William H. Franklin, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
• Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
• Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
• Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
• Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

Robert K. Disney, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
• Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
• John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
• Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
• Phoenician (Lawrence, 1870)
• Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

Warren B. Goddard, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
• Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
• Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
• William North (Lowell, 1867)
• Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
• Wamesit (Tewksbury, 1921)

DISTRICT 13F: Fitchburg

Loring E. Harkness, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
• Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
• Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
• Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
• Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)

DISTRICT 13B: Barre

George H. Heywood, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
• Orange (Orange, 1859)
• Hope (Gardner, 1864)
• Star (Athol, 1864)
• Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
• Athol (Athol, 1872)

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Carl P. Mitchell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
• Morning Sun (Conway, 1869)
• Bay State (Montague, 1872)
• Mechanic's (Montague, 1878)
• Mount Sugar Loaf (South Deerfield, 1912)

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

William S. Hamilton, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
• Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
• Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
• Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
• Greylock (North Adams, 1871)

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

Clarence I. Sweet, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
• Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
• Crescent (Pittsfield, 1873)
• Unity (Dalton, 1896)
• Pittsfield (Pittsfield, 1920)

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

Alexander A. MacKimmie, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
• Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
• Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
• Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
• Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)

DISTRICT 18C: Chicopee

Edwin L. Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
• Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
• Esoteric (Springfield, 1909)
• William Whiting (Holyoke, 1909)
• Charles C. Spellman (East Longmeadow, 1921)
• Samuel D. Sherwood (Springfield, 1921)

DISTRICT 18S: Springfield

H. Greeley Randall, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
• Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
• Huntington (Huntington, 1866)
• Springfield (Springfield, 1895)
• Mount Orthodox (West Springfield, 1913)
• Federal (Cheshire, 1914)
• Mount Nonotuck (Northampton, 1920)

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

H. Morgan Ryther, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
• Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
• Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
• Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
• Eden (Ware, 1863)
• Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)

DISTRICT 20: Southbridge

Carlton H. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Webster (Webster, 1858)
• Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
• Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
• Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
• Granite (Northbridge, 1880)

DISTRICT 21B: Brookfield

Harold L. Fenner, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
• Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
• Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)
• Rufus Putnam (Rutland, 1912)
• Isaiah Thomas (Worcester, 1920)
• Bay Path (West Brookfield, 1923)

DISTRICT 21: Worcester

Otis C. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
• Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
• Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
• Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
• Quinsigamond (Worcester, 1870)
• Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)

DISTRICT 22: Milford

Albert H. Saunders, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
• Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
• Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
• Charles River (Medway, 1871)

DISTRICT 23: Natick

Harry W. Kimball, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
• John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
• Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
• North Star (Ashland, 1864)
• Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
• Alpha (Framingham, 1875)

DISTRICT 24: Marlborough

Winfield Temple, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
• Doric (Hudson, 1864)
• St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
• Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

Andrew C. Morrow, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• Orient (Norwood, 1861)
• Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
• Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
• Azure (Walpole, 1921)

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

George E. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
• Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
• Delta (Braintree, 1868)
• Wollaston (Quincy, 1899)
• Theodore Roosevelt (Wollaston, 1919)
• Atlantic (Quincy, 1920)
• Wessagusset (Weymouth, 1920)
• Manet (Quincy, 1921)

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Edwin H. Gibson, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
• Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
• Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
• Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
• Satuit (Scituate, 1875)

DISTRICT 28T: Taunton

Howard C. N. Ripley, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
• Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
• Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)
• Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1924)
• Netop (Seekonk, 1924)

DISTRICT 28A: Attleboro

Fred W. Day, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
• St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
• St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
• Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
• Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
• Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

Clarence E. Rice, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
• John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
• Puritan (Whitman, 1869)
• St. George (Brockton, 1877)
• Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
• Baalis Sanford (Brockton, 1917)

DISTRICT 30B: Brockton

Walter E. Dow, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
• Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
• Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
• Abraham H. Howland Jr. (New Bedford, 1915)
• Massasoit (Fall River, 1915)
• Watuppa (Fall River, U.D.)

DISTRICT 30F: Fall River

Horace L. Humphrey, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
• King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
• Narragansett (Fall River, 1876)
• Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
• Paskamansett (New Bedford, 1920)
• Quittacus (New Bedford, 1921)

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

Alfred E. Smith, District Deputy Grand Master'; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
• Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
• Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
• Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)
• George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)

DISTRICT 32H: Hyannis

Rawson C. Jenkins, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Fraternal (Hyannis, 1801)
• Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
• DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
• Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
• Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)

DISTRICT 32P: Provincetown

Emanuel A. DeWager, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
• St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
• Universal (Orleans, 1917)

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

Douglas Crook, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
• Belcher (Chicopee, 1870)
• Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
• Indian Orchard (Springfield, 1911)
• Samuel Osgood (Springfield, 1921)
• Elm (West Springfield, 1924)

CANAL ZONE DISTRICT

Ralph Osborn, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Sojourners (Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1912)
• Canal Zone (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1913)
• Army (Empire, Canal Zone, 1915)
• Isthmian (Paraiso, Canal Zone, 1916)
• Darien (Balboa, Canal Zone, 1917)
• Sibert (Gatun, Canal Zone, 1918)
• Chagres (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1921)

CHINA DISTRICT

Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, District Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863)
• Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903)
• Sinim (Shanghai, China, 1903)
• International (Peking, China, 1915)
• Talien (Darien, Manchuria, China, 1922)
• Hykes Memorial, Tientsin, China, 1922)
• Chin Ling, Nanking, China, 1922)
• Pagoda (Mukden, Manchuria, 1925)

CHILE DISTRICT

Joseph S. McDonald, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1927-xx

• Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
• Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
• St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)

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