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CORNER STONE LODGE

Location: Duxbury

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 12/14/1801 II-190

Precedence Date: 12/14/1801

Current Status: Active

NOTES

Charter surrendered 07/05/1834; functioned as the "Corner-stone Charitable Association" for the next nine years.
Charter restored 12/11/1844

A very detailed Centennial History appears on Pages 1902-98 through 1902-120.

Note that Corner Stone Lodge was a member of the 5th Masonic District at least from 1861 through 1867.

PAST MASTERS

• John Perkins, 1857, 1858
• Richard Frederick Warren, 1970

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1801
• Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1844

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1902 (Centenary)
• 1926 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1880 (Welch)
• 1883 (Lawrence)
• 1902 (Gallagher; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1934 (Chapman)
• 1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication, though not recorded in Proceedings)
• 1961 (Eaton; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1983 (Berquist)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1879 1893 1898 1903 1914 1918 1920 1927 1929 1946 1954 1957 1967 1968 1969 1972 1989 1991 1999 2001 2004 2007

HISTORY

• 1902 (Centenary History, 1902-86)
• 1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-363)
• 1976 (175th Anniversary History, 1976-390)

OTHER

• 1816 (Petition for abatement of dues, III-64; rejected)
• 1830 (Report of delinquency, IV-170)
• 1866 (Jurisdictional dispute with Norfolk Union Lodge, VII-72)
• 1872 (Participation in laying the cornerstone of the Myles Standish Monument, 1872-151)
• 1881 (Jurisdictional dispute with Plymouth Lodge, 1881-66; 1881-193)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Edgar A. Baker, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1922, 1923; SN
• George W. Cushman, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1948, 1949; SN
• Dexter L. Gasper, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1994, 1995
• Richard A. Melvin, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1978, 1979; N
• Frank Morton, DDGM, District 19 (Taunton), 1878, 1879; SN not WM here
• George R. Riddell, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1960, 1961; N
• Studley Sampson, DDGM, District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod), 1821, 1822, 1823; SN
• Joseph Sherman, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1900, 1901; SN
• Seth Sprague, Jr., DDGM, District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod), 1827, 1828, 1829; Senior Grand Warden 1829
• Charles A. Whitman, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1930, 1931; N

DISTRICTS

1803: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

1821: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

1844: District 5

1849: District 5

1867: District 16 (Plymouth)

1883: District 25 (Hingham)

1911: District 27 (Plymouth)

1927: District 27 (Plymouth)

2003: District 18

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges