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Revision as of 03:03, 9 September 2012
Contents
ANCIENT YORK LODGE
Location: Lowell
Chartered By: George M. Randall
Charter Date: 06/08/1853 V-461
Precedence Date: 06/09/1852
Current Status: Active
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1853 (Randall; Consecration and installation of officers; not in Grand Lodge Proceedings; see section below)
- 1872 (Gardner; Hall dedication)
- 1873 (Nickerson; 20th Anniversary)
- 1890 (Wells; City Hall cornerstone laying)
- 1897 (Hutchinson; Reception for Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master)
- 1904 (Sanford)
- 1920 (Prince)
- 1922 (Prince)
- 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night and 75th Anniversary)
- 1928 (Simpson; Temple dedication)
- 1952 (Roy; Centenary)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1872 1876 1877 1878 1886 1900 1912 1920 1922 1925 1929 1931 1933 1938 1956 1957 1973 1982 1991 2000
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1938 (Reduction in fees authorized)
CONSECRATION OF LODGE
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 10, August 1853, p. 301:
This new Lodge, which has been working under Dispensation for a year past, was solemnly consecrated, and its officers installed, by the M.W. Grand Master, assisted by a delegation of the Grand officers, at Lowell, on Thursday, the 7th July. The day was one of the loveliest of the season, ad the ride to Lowell one of the pleasantest. On the arrival of the cars, the Brethren of the Grand Lodge were met by a committee, and conducted to the elegant and convenient Hall which has recently been fitted up for the accommodation of the Lodges and Chapter located in that city. The Brethren had made all their arrangements with so much completeness, that little remained for the officers of the Grand Lodge to do, but to proceed at once with the duties for which they were assembled. A procession was accordingly formed in an adjoining room, and proceeded forthwith to the main hall, where the solemn and impressive ceremonies of consecrations, were performed by the Grand Master, M.W. Rev. George M. Randall, in the presence, and as we believe, to the entire acceptance and gratification of he large number of Brethren assembled to witness and participate in them. The Master of the new Lodge was then duly installed by the Grand Master, after which the R.W. George G. Smith, acting Deputy Grand Master, installed the remainder of the officers; when, the usual proclamation having been made, the Grand Lodge retired, and the Lodge was closed.
Merrimack House, Lowell; originally built 1832, the premier hotel in Lowell
At 2 o'clock, the Brethren of the Grand Lodge, at the invitation of the officers and members of the new Lodge, sat down to an elegant dinner, at the Merrimack House. It is due to the excellent host of that establishment, as well as to the liberality of the Brethren at whose order the dinner was served up, to say, that the tables were spread as bountifully, and with as much good taste and propriety, as would be expected at the first class hotels of this city, where private dinner-parties are of almost daily occurrence, and where the facilities for them are much greater. A couple of hours were very agreeably spent here. The Brethren from Boston were then politely taken into carriages, for the purpose of visiting the factories, and witnessing the growth and improvements of the city. This was by no means the least gratifying feature in the ceremonies of the day. The visit to the Carpet Factory was full of striking interest. It is worth a special ride to this beautiful and thriving city, to witness the ingenious and complicated machinery here in operation; though, we believe, strangers are not ordinarily admitted, without a permit from some person in authority.
At 5 o'clock, the members of the Grand Lodge took the cars for Boston, - feeling that they had spent an agreeable day, and that they had left the future interest of "Ancient York Lodge" in the hands of able and devoted Brethren. The officers of the new Lodge are as follows:
- Jefferson Bancroft, W. M.
- Peter Lawson, S.W.; SN
- Samuel K. Hutchinson, J.W.
- William Lampson, Jr., Treas.
- Thomas G. Gerrish, Sec.
- Isaac S. Morse, S.D.
- David Goodwin Lang, J.D.
- George W. Fletcher, Marshal
- Joel Spalding, S.S.
- Leonard Brown, J.S.
- Isaac Hosmer, Tyler
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Frederick W. Farnham, DDGM, District 11 (Lowell), 1895, 1896; Memorial
- Herbert E. Fletcher, 1912; Deputy Grand Master 1913; Ancient York; N
- William Sewall Gardner, DDGM, District 3 1860-1863; Grand Marshal 1857-1859; Senior Grand Warden 1864; Grand Master 1869-1871
- Peter Lawson, DDGM, District 3, 1854-1856
- Henry P. Perkins, DDGM, District 7 (Lowell), 1869-1874; SN
- Harry G. Pollard, 1913, 1914; Senior Grand Steward 1911; Junior Grand Deacon 1912; Deputy Grand Master 1920; Ancient York; N
- Nathaniel C. Sanborn, DDGM, District 7 (Lowell), 1881, 1882; Ancient York; SN
- Percy B. S. Silk, DDGM, 1941, 1942, District 12 (Lowell); N