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CORINTHIAN LODGE

Location: Concord

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/12/1797 II-100

Precedence Date: 06/12/1797

Current Status: Active

NOTES

In the History of the Lodge that appears in the 1921 Proceedings, it indicates that the Lodge voted on February 22, 1836 to not surrender the Charter; the Lodge did not meet between December 1840 and February 1845. (Page 1921-92)

This history also contains brief biographies of several prominent members of the Lodge.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1797

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1897 (Centenary)
• 1902 (105th Anniversary)
• 1922 (125th Anniversary)
• 1947 (150th Anniversary)
• 1972 (175th Anniversary)
• 1997 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1865 (Parkman)
• 1872 (Nickerson; hall dedication)
• 1897 (Hutchinson; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1902 (Gallagher; 105th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1912 (Benton)
• 1918 (L. Abbott)
• 1921 (Prince; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
• 1922 (Prince; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1947 (Wragg; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1972 (Vose; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1975 (Maxwell)
• 1981 (Berquist)
• 1983 (Berquist)
• 1985 (Richardson; installation; Concord 350th Anniversary)
• 1989 (Ames; Reception for Senior Grand Warden Charles A. Lukas, Jr.)
• 1997 (A. Johnson; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 2004 (Hicks; Concord Award Night)
• 2011 (Stewart; Table Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1857 1869 1872 1885 1897 1904 1912 1916 1920 1927 1928 1930 1948 1952 1953 1954 1955 1961 1968 1976 1979 1983 1987 2003

HISTORY

• 1921 (History at Hall Dedication, 1921-81)
• 1947 (150th Anniversary History, 1947-158)
• 1972 (1947-1972 History, 1972-158)
• 1997 (Bicentenary History, 1997-53)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, May 1865, p. 199:

The M. W. Grand Master, with a delegation of his officers, paid an official visit to this ancient Lodge, at Concord, on the 10th of April last, being the fourth visit of the kind made it since its organization in 1797— a fact which perhaps is to be accounted for on the hypothesis that its affairs have ever been so well conducted, and the Deputies for the District have always discharged their duties so faithfully, as to render the immediate presence of the parent body unnecessary. It is one of the few old Lodges in the jurisdiction, that manfully and firmly resisted the torrent of opposition that set with such overwhelming force against the whole Institution in the ever memorable days of antimasonry.

A large number of the members were in attendance, among whom we were gratified to meet several Brethren who had been connected with the Lodge for from thirty to fifty years. The work on the second degree was given by the W. Master, Bro. Louis A. Surette, and his officers, in a very complete and finished manner, affording the highest gratification to all present. At the conclusion of the work, the M. W. Grand Master addressed the Brethren at some length on the satisfactory condition of the Lodge, on its faithfulness in past years, and on the general principles of the Institution, and the duties and obligations of its members. The Lodge was then closed, and the company repaired to the Middlesex House, and together partook of an excellent and bountiful supper, provided by the Lodge. During this interesting part of the ceremonies of the evening, brief speeches were made by the W. M. of the Lodge, by the M. W. Gr. Master, and other officers of the Grand Lodge. As a finale, the company, on the invitation of the W. Master, repaired to his private residence, where they spent an agreeable hour in social chit-chat. The whole affair was admirably well managed, and afforded the highest satisfaction to the visitors from the city. The officers of the Lodge are as follows :—

• Louis A. Surette, W. M.
• L. Willis Bean, S. W.
• Albert E. Wood, J. W.
• Albert Stacy, Treas.
• Benjamin Tolman, Sec.
• Geo. P. Howe, S. D.
• Moses Hobson, J. D.
• Geo. Wheeler, S. S.
• James Garty, J. S.
• Abner Ball, Organist
• Charles E. Snell, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Charles E. Brown, DDGM, District 11 (Lowell), 1884, 1885; Memorial
• Edward C. Damon, DDGM, District 4 (Cambridge), 1876, 1877; SN
• Winslow Johnson Damon, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1943, 1944; N
• Douglas J. Ellis, DDGM, District 14, 2013
• Kenneth S. Gendall, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1995, 1996
• Warren B. Goddard, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1927, 1928; N
• Charles S. Hart, DDGM, District 11 (Lowell), 1902, 1903; SN
• John H. Hart, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1969, 1970
• Isaac Hurd; Junior Grand Warden 1801-1802; Senior Grand Warden 1803
• Charles A. Lukas, Jr., DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988; Senior Grand Warden 1989
• A. Robert MacLeod, Jr., DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1957, 1958; N
• Lemuel Shattuck, DDGM, District 5, 1830, 1831, 1832; SN
• Charles W. Sylvester, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1919, 1920; Memorial
• William Whiting, DDGM, District 5, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1834; District 3, 1835; SN

DISTRICTS

1803: District 5 (Framingham, West and North)

1821: District 5

1835: District 3

1849: District 3

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 11 (Lowell)

1911: District 12 (Lowell)

1927: District 12 (Lowell)

2003: District 14

LINKS

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