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COLUMBIAN LODGE

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/13/1796 II-84

Precedence Date: 06/13/1795

Current Status: Active

NOTES

Chartered in 1796. This was the first new lodge chartered in Boston after the merger of the two Grand Lodges; in fact, there had been two previous attempts in 1793 and 1794 to obtain a charter for a new Boston lodge that were rejected by the Grand Lodge.

Columbian Lodge is one of several lodges with an extant Revere charter.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1795
• Petition for Charter: 1796

XXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995 XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1895 (Centenary)
• 1945 (150th Anniversary)
• 1970 (175th Anniversary)
• 1995 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1806 (Bigelow)
• 1867 (Dame; installation)
• 1872 (Nickerson)
• 1873 (Nickerson)
• 1881 (Lawrence; installation of Past GM Nickerson as Corresponding Grand Secretary)
• 1885 (Howland; installation)
• 1895 (Holmes; Centenary)
• 1896 (Holmes)
• 1898 (Hutchinson)
• 1899 (Hutchinson)
• 1901 (Gallagher)
• 1907 (Blake; 3 visits)
• 1909 (Flanders)
• 1912 (Benton; Ladies' Night)
• 1916 (M. Johnson; Presentation of portrait of Past GM Joseph Jenkins)
• 1917 (L. Abbott; 2 visits, including installation)
• 1918 (L. Abbott; 3 visits)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
• 1945 (Wragg; 150th Anniversary)
• 1946 (Wragg)
• 1949 (Keith; reception for Deputy Grand Master Ethelbert V. Grabill)
• 1963 (Osgood; reception for Deputy Grand Master Donald W. Vose)
• 1970 (Jaynes; 175th Anniversary)
• 1971 (Jaynes)
• 1972 (Vose; 3 visits, including reception and installation)
• 1973 (Vose; installation)
• 1975 (Maxwell)
• 1978 (Melanson)
• 1979 (Melanson)
• 1980 (Melanson)
• 1983 (Berquist; 4 visits)
• 1984 (Richardson)
• 1988 (Ames; 3 visits)
• 1989 (Ames)
• 1990 (Darling; church service)
• 1991 (Darling; 2 visits)
• 1992 (Darling)
• 1993 (Lovering; presentation for Past Grand Master Vose)
• 1995 (Lovering; 200th Anniversary)
• 1997 (A. Johnson)
• 2001 (Bauer)
• 2003 (Hicks; 2 visits)
• 2004 (Hicks; 7 visits)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1854 1871 1874 1881 1883 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1897 1900 1901 1908 1913 1918 1920 1921 1923 1929 1938 1944 1945 1946 1954 1970 1976 1977 1982 1986 1994 2007 2010

HISTORY

• 1945 (150th Anniversary History, 1945-186)
• 1970 (175th Anniversary History, 1970-288)
• 1995 (200th Anniversary History, 1995-129)

OTHER

• 1796 (Committee to confer with lodge)
• 1824 (Investigation regarding clandestine Masons)
• 1881 (Permission to wear distinctive medals; Memorial for Past GM Heard)
• 1900 (Pratt Fund bequest)
• 1905 (Presentation of Edward VII portrait)
• 1941 (Reduction of fees)
• 1943 (Suspension of secretary for un-Masonic conduct)
• 1944 (Restoration of secretary)
• 1963 (Presentation of the Trowel Used at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument)
• 1972 (Exemplification of customary processional and recessional procedure)
• 1987 (Presentation)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Leon M. Abbott, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1908, 1909; Senior Grand Warden 1913; Grand Master 1917-1919
• William T. Coolidge, DDGM, District 1, 1857-1859; Junior Grand Warden 1860; Grand Master 1861-1862.
• Paul Dean, DDGM, District 1, 1821, 1822, 1823; Deputy Grand Master 1835-1837; Grand Master 1838-1840
• Burton J. Dillion, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1970; N
• Arthur H. Edwards, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1958, 1959; N
• Howard M. Fletcher, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1924, 1925; SN
• Ethelbert V. Grabill; Deputy Grand Master 1949
• Joshua B. Flint, DDGM, District 1, 1833, 1834; Grand Master 1835-1837
• Adam O. Hofling, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1946, 1947; N
• William T.R. Marvin, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1874, 1875; Senior Grand Warden 1886
• George M. Randall, DDGM, District 1, 1848; DDGM, District 1, 1849; Deputy Grand Master 1849-1851; Grand Master 1852-1854.
• Leland C. Richardson, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1969; N
• Donald W. Vose, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1962; Memorial Deputy Grand Master 1963; Grand Master, 1972-1974
• William White, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1900, 1901; SN
• E. Bentley Young, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1893, 1894, 1895; Memorial

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 1

1834: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 1 (Boston)

1883: District 1 (Boston)

1911: District 1 (Boston)

1927: District 1 (Boston)

2003: District 1

LINKS

Lodge Web Site

Massachusetts Lodges