NorthStar

NORTH STAR LODGE

Location: Ashland

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 06/14/1865 VII-13

Precedence Date: 07/25/1864

Current Status: Active

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1864
Petition for Charter: 1865

ANNIVERSARIES

1939 (75th Anniversary)
1964 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1865 (Parkman; constitution and installation; see description below)
1882 (Lawrence)
1883 (Lawrence; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
1939 (Deputy Grand Master Edwin O. Childs; 75th Anniversary)
1964 (Osgood; Centenary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1873 1874 1881 1883 1885 1905 1907 1911 1913 1914 1918 1921 1923 1927 1943 1945 1949 1950 1953 1957 1965 1969 1971 1974 1978 1980 1982 1990 1993

HISTORY

1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-258)
1964 (Centenary History, 1964-141)

OTHER

1872 (Petition regarding formal charity to families of deceased members)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 9, August 1865, p. 296:

NORTH STAR LODGE. This new Lodge was Constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge, at Ashland on the 30th June last, having worked the preceding year under a Dispensation. The Institution ceremonies took place in the Town Hall, in the presence of a large assembly of ladies and gentlemen. At the conclusion of the ceremonies addresses were delivered by the M. W. Grand Master and Rev. Bro. Dadmun, after which the company repaired to the vestry room of one of the churches in the village, and partook of a supper provided by the Lodge for the occasion. The Lodge has done its full share of Work the past year, and its future prospects are encouraging. The officers installed are as follows :—