Columbian

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.

PAST MASTERS

Joseph Churchill, 1795-1798
John W. Folsom, 1799-1801
Amasa Stetson, 1802, 1803
Daniel Baxter, 1804-1806, 1809
Stephen Bean, 1807, 1808
Joseph Jenkins, 1810-1813, 1817, 1818
David Moody, 1814
Elijah Morse, 1815
Benjamin B. Appleton, 1816, 1841
Aaron Bean, 1819, 1820
Samuel Smith, 1821, 1822
Daniel Baxter, Jr., 1823-1825
George G. Smith, 1826, 1827, 1829, 1842-1845
Joshua B. Flint, 1828, 1830-1833
David Tillson, 1834-1836
Ruel Baker, 1837-1840; Mem
George M. Thatcher, 1846, 1847
Peter C. Jones, 1848, 1849
William W. Baker, 1850, 1851
William T. Coolidge, 1852, 1853
John T. Heard, 1854, 1855
William B. Fowle, 1856, 1857
Robert L. Robbins, 1858
Charles E. Buckingham, 1859, 1860
Sylvester Trull, 1861, 1862
Henry W. Warren, 1863, 1864
John Roundy, 1865
Josiah A. Stearns, 1866, 1867
William H. Kennard, 1868, 1869
George M. Baker, 1870, 1871
William T.R. Marvin, 1872, 1873
William J. Stevens, 1874-1876
Albert A. Folsom, 1877, 1878
Frederick Alford, 1879, 1880
George A. Gillette, 1881, 1882
Walter M. Cameron, 1883, 1884
E. Bentley Young, 1885, 1886; Mem
Albert A. Hall, 1887, 1888
J. George Cooper, 1889, 1890
Isaac H. Locke, 1891, 1892
William White, 1893, 1894; SN
J. Foster Bush, 1895, 1896
Joseph S. Kendall, 1897, 1898
Frank O. Guild, 1899, 1900
Moses C. Plummer, 1901, 1902
William M. Olin, 1903, 1904
James E. Brown, 1905
Leon M. Abbott, 1906
Thornton D. Appollonio, 1908, 1909
W. Clifton Jones, 1910, 1911
George J. Prescott, 1912, 1913
Howard M. Fletcher, 1914, 1915; SN
Franklin C. Jillson, 1916, 1917
Elmer C. Read, 1918, 1919
George L. Willey, 1920, 1921
Ralph C. Blocksom, 1922, 1923
George R. Marvin, 1924, 1925
Herbert F. Hartwell, 1926, 1927
Robert C. Jamieson, 1928, 1929
Carl C. Childs, 1930, 1931
Elias Field, 1932, 1933
George F. Hatch, 1934, 1935
J. Frederick Mann, 1936, 1937
Walter G. Carlisle, 1938, 1939
Leslie D. Martin, 1940, 1941
Adam O. Hofling, 1942, 1943; N
Ethelbert V. Grabill, 1944, 1945
Arthur Anderson, 1946, 1947
Donald W. Vose, 1948, 1949; Mem
Herman A. Osgood, 1950, 1951
Bernhard Matthei, 1952, 1953
Burton J. Dillion, 1958, 1959; N
Leland C. Richardson, 1960, 1961; N
Theodore W. Dearborn, Jr., 1962, 1963
William D. Boyle, 1964, 1965
Robert E. Black, 1966, 1967
Charles L. Young, 1968, 1969
Graves D. Hewitt, 1970, 1971
Richard K. Paul, 1972, 1973
F. Weston Prior, 1974, 1975
Royal V. Roberts, 1976, 1977
Chester A. Abbey, 1978, 1979
Gerard C. McDonough, 1980, 1981
Russell P. Mead, 1982, 1983
D. James Phillips, 1984, 1985; SN
Richard M. Merrill, 1986, 1987
George A. Harris, III, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2003
Harris T. Luscomb, III, 1990, 1991
Michael L. Smith, 1992, 1993
Michael A. Sandberg, 1994, 1995; Presiding DDGM
Nicky J. Ingaciola, 1996, 1997
Christopher A. Mamakos, 1998, 1999
Theodore P. Avtges, 2000, 2001
Robert E. Heruska, 2004, 2005
Richard A. Smith, 2006, 2007
Callum J. F. Maclean, 2008, 2009
Jacques R. Lucchesi, 2010, 2011
Ronald T. Doucette, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1795
Petition for Charter: 1796

ANNIVERSARIES

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

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1806 (Bigelow)
1847 (Robinson; installation; see description below)
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)
2011 (Stewart; 2 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)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 4, February 1847, p. 108:

On the 21st, the officers of Columbian Lodge were publicly installed, in the new Masonic hall in the Temple, in the presence of a crowded audience of ladies and gentlemen. The address was delivered by Br. John H. Sheppard. The first officer was installed by the Grand Master, and the remainder by Br. Geo. G. Smith, Past Master of the Lodge. The ceremonies were all well received by the audience.

INSTALLATION, DECEMBER 1849

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. IX, No. 3, January 1847, p. 96:

The officers of Columbian Lodge of this city were publicly Installed on the 21st ult. The ceremonies of Installation were performed by Rt. Wor. George G. Smith in his usual happy manner. The address was delivered by R. W. Br. Rev. George M. Randall, D. G. M. and was an eminently acceptable performance. Many ladies and gentlemen not of the Fraternity were present, and seemed to be well pleased with all they saw and heard.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Leon M. Abbott, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1908, 1909; Senior Grand Warden 1913; Grand Master 1917-1919
Benjamin B. Appleton, Junior Grand Warden 1834-1836, Senior Grand Warden 1837
William W. Baker, Senior Grand Warden 1863
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
Joshua B. Flint; Grand Master 1857-1859
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
Joseph Jenkins, Junior Grand Warden 1819, Grand Master 1830-1832
Peter C. Jones, Junior Grand Warden 1862
William T.R. Marvin, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1874, 1875; Senior Grand Warden 1886
Elijah Morse, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1815, 1816; Deputy Grand Master 1830
D. James Phillips, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1991, 1992; SN
Moses C. Plummer, Deputy Grand Master 1917
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
Michael A. Sandberg, DDGM, District 9, 2011, 2012
George G. Smith, Deputy Grand Master 1838-1840
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