Eliot

ELIOT LODGE

Location: Jamaica Plain; Boston (1921); Westwood (1963)

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 06/12/1867 VII-161

Precedence Date: 05/14/1866

Current Status: unknown. merged with Hyde Park Lodge to form Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge, 09/04/1986; now part of Celestial Lodge.

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PAST MASTERS

• George Frost, 1866, 1867
• Hirman G. Wilson, 1868
• William H. MacKintosh, 1869-1871
• L. Bacon Foss, 1872-1874
• George B. Ager, 1875, 1876
• Fred Seaver, 1877
• Cyrus D. Foss, 1878
• William F. Spear, 1879, 1880
• Daniel H. Barnard, 1881, 1882
• William J. Hargraves, 1883, 1884
• E. Peabody Gerry, 1885, 1886; Memorial
• Charles G. Keyes, 1887, 1888
• N. Hayward Fuller, 1889
• George A. Walker, 1890
• Frederick H. Putnam, 1891, 1892
• Elywyn C. Fish, 1893
• John A. McKim, 1894-1896
• Arthur H. Alley, 1897, 1898
• Joseph B. Gould, 1899
• Arthur P. Perry, 1900
• Frank L. Gibson, 1901, 1902
• James Keltie, 1903, 1904; N
• Francis G. Mayo, 1905
• Charles D. Keyes, 1906, 1907
• John S. H. Leard, 1908, 1909
• Henry B. Prescott, 1910, 1911
• James G. Hutchinson, 1912, 1913
• John F. Hargraves, 1914, 1915
• Frederick G. Bauer, 1916
• Lawson W. Oakes, 1917, 1918
• Herbert S. Lock, 1919
• Robert W. S. Cox, 1920
• Lester H. Gibson, 1921
• A. Robert Martin, 1922
• Stephen F. Gardner, 1923, 1924
• Robert D. Webster, 1925, 1926; N
• Alexander J. Keltie, 1927, 1928
• J. Harold Chase, 1929
• G. Curtis Tingley, 1930, 1931
• Harold B. Neal, 1932
• Walter C. F. Gartner, 1933, 1934
• A. Robert Martin, Jr., 1935, 1936; N
• W. Edgar Klein, 1937, 1938
• G. Richard Peterson, 1939, 1940
• Ernest W. Page, 1941
• Louis W. Stuart, 1942
• Henry L. Jacobs, 1943-1945
• S. Montgomery Duncan, 1946, 1947
• Charles Fox, 1948
• Leo Lohrer, 1949, 1950
• C. Marvin Pickett, Jr., 1951
• John M. Collins, 1952
• George F. Oakes, 1953
• Arthur Herdt, 1954
• Peter L. L. Donaldson, 1955
• Alexander May, 1956
• Carl J. Ludwig, 1957, 1985, 1986; N
• Robert S. Scholpp, 1958
• Roderick D. Carmichael, 1959
• Martin R. Lohrer, 1960
• George C. Walker, 1961
• Henry Brauneis, 1962; N
• Paul Felegian, 1963; N
• Walter A. Neuber, Sr., 1964, 1965
• John O. Peterson, 1966
• George H. Kitrell, 1967, 1968
• Sotir Nikola, 1969, 1970
• Walter A. Neuber, Jr., 1971, 1982
• Richard F. Norton, 1972
• James M. Callihan, 1973, 1984
• Robert A. Joyce, 1974, 1975
• Willard B. Cookson, 1976, 1977, 1981; PDDGM
• Charles W. Domina, 1978
• Ernest M. Margeson, 1979
• Floyd L. Bailey, Jr., 1980
• David G. Hill, 1983

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1866
• Petition for Charter: 1867
• Consolidation Petition (with Hyde Park Lodge): 1986

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1916 (50th Anniversary)
• 1941 (75th Anniversary)
• 1966 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1867 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below)
• 1896 (Holmes)
• 1898 (Hutchinson)
• 1900 (Gallagher)
• 1902 (Gallagher)
• 1904 (Sanford)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1908 (Blake)
• 1910 (Flanders)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1916 (M. Johnson; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1918 (L. Abbott; 2 visits)
• 1920 (Prince)
• 1924 (Ferrell)
• 1941 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1966 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1986 (Richardson; consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1876 1877 1880 1885 1890 1895 1897 1901 1903 1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1918 1919 1920 1921 1923 1926 1927 1928 1930 1931 1933 1939 1940 1947 1948 1949 1951 1953 1954 1960 1961 1963 1964 1967 1968 1971 1974 1979

HISTORY

• 1916 (50th Anniversary Historical Address, 1916-126)
• 1941 (75th Anniversary History, 1941-95)
• 1966 (Centenary History, 1966-134)

OTHER

• 1896 (Participation in the centennial of http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington] Lodge; 1896-71)
• 1921 (Charter amended from Jamaica Plain to Boston; 1921-66)
• 1963 (Charter amended to Westwood; 1963-148)

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EVENTS

CONSECRATION, JUNE 1867

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, August 1867, Page 315:

The consecration of Eliot Lodge, and installation of officers, took place last month, the officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts officiating. This new lodge promises to take a prominent position in the masonic body, both as regards men and material. Notwithstanding the rain which fell so copiously, a large number of the young and old were in attendance, and many of the brethren from a distance were present to grace the. occasion and give encouragement. A generous collation was provided after the ceremony, and the tables were beautifully adorned with choicest flowers, prepared by the wives, sisters, and daughters of the members of the Lodge.

The following are the officers : —

• Hiram G. Wilson, W. M.
• W. H. Mackintosh, S. W.
• J. Granville Smith, J. W.
• John F. Payson, Treasurer.
• P. E. Burtchaell, Secretary.
• Walter Earl, S. D.
• J. A. Dennett, J. D.
• John Fattier, Jr., S. Steward.
• Daniel H. Barnard, J. Steward.
• J. W. McKien, Marshall.
• Jonas Barnard, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Henry Brauneis, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1979, 1980; N
• Curtis Chipman, Deputy Grand Master 1925, Grand Master 1932-1934
• Willard B. Cookson, DDGM, District 4 (South Boston), 1993, 1994
• Paul Felegian, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1969, 1970; N
• E. Peabody Gerry, DDGM, District 4 (South Boston), 1887, 1888, 1889; Memorial
• James Keltie, DDGM, District 4 (South Boston), 1911, 1912; N
• Carl J. Ludwig, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1959, 1960; N
• A. Robert Martin, Jr., DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1945, 1946; N
• John A. McKim, DDGM, District 4 (South Boston), 1899, 1900; Senior Grand Warden 1903
• Robert D. Webster, DDGM, District 4 (Roxbury), 1937, 1938; N

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DISTRICTS

1867: District 3 (Boston Highlands)

1883: District 4 (South Boston)

1927: District 4 (Roxbury)

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LINKS

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