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GATE OF THE TEMPLE LODGE

Location: South Boston; Boston (1949); Quincy (1964); Stoughton (1981).

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 03/13/1856 VI-7

Precedence Date: 03/15/1855

Current Status: In Grand Lodge vault; merged with Rising Star Lodge, 10/11/2012.

PAST MASTERS

Joseph H. Clinch, 1855
Richard M. Barker, 1856, 1857
Joseph W. Howard, 1858, 1859
Stephen W. Goodhue, 1860
Edwin Tilden, 1861
Benjamin Pope, 1862-1864; SN
Benjamin T. Wells, 1865-1867
Harry Drake, 1868
Joseph W. Tapley, 1869, 1870
Samuel Evans, 1871
Thomas H. Harding, 1872, 1873
Theodore L. Kelley, 1874, 1875
William H. Ruddick, 1876, 1877
Alban S. Green, 1878, 1879
Joseph R. Grose, 1880, 1881
Samuel M. Bedlington, 1882, 1883
Charles H. Porter, 1884-1886
Charles H. Kimball, 1887, 1888
John Kinnear, 1889, 1890
James A. Cook, 1891, 1892
Emerson H. Nye, 1893, 1894
William H. Stevenson, 1895, 1896
Bertram D. Amsden, 1897, 1898
Joseph G. Allen, 1899, 1900
Fred C. Garvin, 1901, 1902; SN
Robert E. Harrison, 1903, 1904
Charles F. Hamburger, 1905, 1906
John Halbritter, 1907, 1908
Olaf Olsen, 1909
Frank H. Sweetland, 1910
George L Cook, 1911, 1912
C. Summer Emerson, 1913, 1914
Theodore L. Kelley, Jr., 1915
Harry H. Ham, 1916
Edward M. Hagarty, 1917
Guy Andrews Ham, 1918
J. Collie Freeman, 1919
Frank R. Keith, 1920
Alexander Campbell, 1921
Amasa W. Bosworth, 1922
Bryon S. Jackson, 1923
George A. Weeks, 1924
Austlin Bryant, 1925
Frank L. Cushing, 1926
M. Winslow Haynes, 1927
George E. B. Paul, 1928
Robert T. Young, 1929
Henry J. Foster, 1930
Benjamin L. Walker, 1931
Otis W. Amsden, 1932
Harry O. Baker, 1933
Roland Paul, 1934
Ralph S. Bell, 1935-6
Archibald Dresser, 1937, 1938; N
Willis Dresser, 1939
Charles S. Strong, 1940
Allen Campbell, 1941
Guy P. Newcomb, 1942
Alfred Whitehead, 1943
Merle D. Rider, 1944
C. Robert Fraser, 1945
James Otis Lawrence, 1946
George T. R. Hassell, 1947
John W. MacLean, 1948
David J. A. McKinnell, 1949
George Heath Ellis, 1950
John Reid, 1951; N
Michael deV. Hassel, 1952
Ralph G. Pannington, 1953
Carlton S. Fisk, 1954
Vernon Myers, 1955
Rhey A. Wheelock, 1956
Rayman S. Jewell, 1957
Eric W. Hanson, 1958
Eric E. Julian, 1959
John E. Smith, 1960
Neil J. Rockwell, 1961
Andrew J. Musgrove, 1962
Roland J. Kinsman, 1963
Michael p. Sargavakian, 1964
James V. Mack, 1965
Armenog J. David, 1966, 1992-1994; PDDGM
Charles E. Hall, 1967, 1977
George H. Cutlip, 1968
Arthur J. H. Lucas, 1969; PDDGM
Edward G. Cluett, 1970
George Wyshak, 1971
George R. Bezreh, 1972
William L. Hall, 1973
Sarkis M. Sarkisian, 1974
Frank R. Porter, 1975, 1980, 1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005; PDDGM
Peter T. Lucas, 1976
Robert S. Cluett, 1978, 1988
James R. Young, 1979
Stephen F. McDonough, 1981, 1985; PDDGM
John J. Cobb, 1982
Sarkis Simon, 1983
Michael S. Markarian, 1984
George A. Dwelly, 1986
James S. Parker, 1987
Peter H. Rupp, 1989
Avard C. O'Brien, 1990
Richard J. Musgrove, 1995, 1996
Renzo L. Bardetti, 1998, 1999
Gordon R. Earle, 2000, 2001, 2004
Lawrence VanLeer, 2006-2008
Krikor E. Kolandjian, 2009
Stanley S. Marshall, 2010-2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1855
Petition for Charter: 1856
Consolidation Petition (with Rising Star Lodge): 2012 from 2012 Proceedings

ANNIVERSARIES

1905 (50th Anniversary)
1930 (75th Anniversary)
1955 (Centenary)
1980 (125th Anniversary)
2005 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1857 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below (actually in 1856?))
1872 (Nickerson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1881 (Lawrence)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1900 (Gallagher)
1905 (Sanford; 50th Anniversary)
1930 (Deputy Grand Master Louis A. Jones; 75th Anniversary)
1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary; Special Communication)
1974 (Vose)
1979 (Melanson)
1980 (Melanson; 2 visits, including 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1993 (Lovering)
2000 (Bauer)
2005 (Hodgdon; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1871 1875 1879 1890 1896 1905 1907 1911 1914 1916 1921 1925 1926 1946 1947 1953 1957 1962 1972 1973 1975 1982 1987 1994

HISTORY

1930 (75th Anniversary History, 1930-193)
1955 (Centenary History, 1955-90)
1980 (History 1955-1980, 1980-46)

OTHER

1865 (Permission to remove to Boston; refused, VII-22)
1870 (Arrangement to permit Rabboni Lodge to be chartered, 1870-68)
1918 (Appeal against Master's ruling; 1918-123)
1941 (Reduction of fees declined, 1941-215)
1949 (Jurisdictional amendment to charter, 1949-143)
1964 (Petition to remove to Quincy granted, 1964-177)
1981 (Petition to remove to Stoughton granted, 1981-105)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1856

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XV, No. 7, May 1856, Page 216:

On the evening of the 31st of March last, Gate of the Temple Lodge, which was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at their last quarterly communication, was duly consecrated, at South Boston. The ceremonies were performed by M. W. Grand Master Winslow Lewis, and the installation service at his request was very handsomely conducted by Dr. A. T. Low, our excellent Deputy G. Master — an officer, who, whatever he undertakes, always does well.

The Grand Lodge on this occasion was organized by nearly all its regular officers, and there was a numerous assemblage of Brethren, as we understand invitations were given to all the Masters and Wardens of the Boston Lodges. The Hall where we met is spacious, neatly fitted up and does credit to our Brethren in that flourishing section of the city. The Address of the Grand Master was concise, admonitory, and just what the times require, when Freemasonry is in the full and apparently, overflowing tide of prosperity ; for great floods, as well as neap tides are sources of anxiety, no less in the Masonic, than in the commercial world. May his excellent and warning advice be followed.

The officers installed were Richard M. Barker, W. M,; Joseph W. Howard, S. W.; Samuel R. Spinney, J. W. ; James T. G. Baxter, Trea.; George H. Bartlett, Sec.

Soon after the Masonic ceremonies were concluded, the Grand Lodge met the Brethren in a spacious apartment, in the same building, where a sumptuous entertainment was spread, at which Br. Barker, Master of Gate of the Temple Lodge, presided in a very courteous and acceptable manner. Many speeches, sentiments, and anecdotes, both witty and historical were elicited, and which were enjoyed by those present without causing, them to transgress on late hours.