Damascus

DAMASCUS LODGE

Location: Lynn

Chartered By: John Albert Blake

Charter Date: 09/11/1907 1907-120

Precedence Date: 11/14/1906

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Mount Carmel Lodge, 03/12/2001

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1906
• Petition for Charter: 1907
• Consolidation Petition (with Mount Carmel Lodge): 2000

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1956 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1907 (Blake; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1908 (Blake)
• 1911 (Flanders; cornerstone laying in Swampscott)
• 1912 (Benton; cornerstone laying in Nahant)
• 1918 (L. Abbott)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1924 (Ferrell; 2 visits)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; 50th Anniversary)
• 2001 (Bauer; consolidation with Mount Carmel Lodge))

BY-LAW CHANGES

1912 1920 1933 1936 1937 1951 1954 1973 1982 1992 1994 1995 1998

HISTORY

• 1956 (50th Anniversary History, 1956-339)

OTHER

• 1936 (Reduction of fees)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Mial D. Chase, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1943, 1944; N
• Harry W. Dill, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1983, 1984; Damascus
• Marshall W. Hunt, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1955, 1956; N
• John H. Mattson, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1932, 1933; N
• Neil S. Mitchell, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1995, 1996; N
• Frank E. Swain, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1917, 1918; Senior Grand Warden 1921; N

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DISTRICTS

1906: District 7 (Lynn)

1911: District 8 (Lynn)

1927: District 8 (Salem)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges