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GERMANIA LODGE

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 12/12/1855 V-587

Precedence Date: 12/13/1854

Current Status: merged with Revere Lodge to form Germania-Revere Lodge, 12/09/1999. Now a part of The Consolidated Lodge.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1854
• Petition for Charter: 1855
• Consolidation Petition (with Revere Lodge): 1999

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1930 (75th Anniversary)
• 1955 (Centenary)

• 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1856 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1881 (Lawrence)
• 1890 (Wells)
• 1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
• 1895 (Holmes)
• 1897 (Hutchinson)
• 1899 (Hutchinson)
• 1900 (Gallagher)
• 1903 (Sanford)
• 1906 (Blake; 2 visits)
• 1908 (Blake; Ladies' Night)
• 1909 (Flanders)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1912 (Benton; Ladies' Night)
• 1914 (M. Johnson; installation; Ladies' Night)
• 1919 (L. Abbott; 2 visits, including Ladies' Night)
• 1920 (Prince)
• 1922 (Prince; Ladies' Night)
• 1923 (Ferrell; Ladies' Night)
• 1930 (H. Dean; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1933 (Chipman)
• 1936 (Allen; Ladies' Night at the Copley Plaza)
• 1937 (Allen; Ladies' Night)
• 1942 (Schaefer; Ladies' Night)
• 1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1999 (Bauer; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1882 1889 1891 1893 1903 1904 1909 1912 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1924 1926 1929 1930 1933 1939 1948 1953 1954 1955 1957 1960 1964 1972 1976 1987 1990 1994 1999

HISTORY

• 1930 (75th Anniversary History, 1930-3)
• 1955 (Centenary History, 1955-3)

OTHER

• 1856 (Report on suspension of Master, VI-20)
• 1878 (Petition for ritual in German, 1878-160)
• 1879 (Committee on ritual in German, 1879-9)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, DECEMBER 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, January 1865, p. 80:

This excellent Lodge, composed wholly of German Brethren, had a public installation of its officers at Freemasons' Hall, on the evening of the 17th ult. There was a very full attendance of the members, with their ladies. The ceremonies were performed by the M. W. Grand Master, assisted by a delegation of the Gr. Officers, and were witnessed with apparent interest by those present. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, and after a brief address by the Grand Master, the members of the Lodge with their invited guests repaired to the Menzel House, where an excellent collation by the worthy host of that establishment, for their refreshment, and where a couple of hours were very agreeably spent in the interchange of sentiments, speeches, &c. The officers for the present year are -

• L. Haberstroh, W. M.
• Ad. Sternfeld, S. W.
• O. Kramer, J. W.
• A. Liebert, Treas.
• A. Blocklinger, Secretary
• C. Karcher, S. D.
• F. Ehret, J. D.
• A. Sanders, S. S.
• John Kuhn, J. S.
• A. B. Fiedler, Chaplain
• A. Koch, Marshal
• L. L. Tarbell, Tyler.

10TH ANNIVERSARY, JANUARY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 120:

This excellent and prosperous Lodge celebrated its tenth anniversary, by a ball, supper, &c, at Minot Hall, in this city, on Thursday evening, January 4. The members generally were present with their ladies, numbering in all about one hundred persons, and a more agreeable party we have never attended. It was like a family gathering — everybody was at home and at ease, anxious only to make everybody else happy; and the most perfect success crowned the effort. The dancing commenced at an early hour, under the direction of the W. Master, assisted by his officers, and continued until about eleven o'clock, when supper was announced and the company proceeded in procession to the banquetting hall, where an hour or more was devoted to the discussion of the rich, and, to some of the guests present, rare and unusual viands, with which the tables were spread. The more intellectual part of the entertainment was opened by the W. Master, Brother Sternfeld, in an eloquent and appropriate address in the German language, and closed by calling upon Dr. Lewis, whom the Brethren regard as the father of their Lodge, it having been established through his influence, and during his administration as Grand Master. Speeches were also made by Bros. Moore, Tarbell, Emmons, Haberstroh (P. M.), Kramer, S. W., and others, whose names have escaped us.

The tables were then dismissed and the dancing was renewed, and continued until a late hour, when the party retired to their respective homes, feeling, we believe, that they had each and all passed a pleasant and happy evening.

• Adolph Stemfeld, W. M.
• Otto Kramer, S. W.
• Charles Hess, J. W.
• Fred. Siebert, Treasurer
• Peter Hasberle, Secretary
• Carl Muller, S. D.
• August Fiedler, J. D.
• John Christ. Zander, S. S.
• Franz Ellinger, J. S.
• G. J. Walther, Chaplain
• Jacob Valois, Inside Sentinel
• L. L. Tarbell, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Otto Albrecht, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1937, 1938; N
• Nathan P. Harris, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1950, 1951; N
• Samuel Hauser, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1904, 1905; Senior Grand Warden 1911
• Ernest A. Pearlstein, Jr., DDGM, District 2 (Boston), 1988, 1989; Junior Grand Warden 2005
• Philip L. Silberstein, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1997, 1998; Germania

DISTRICTS

1854: District 1

1858: District 12

1867: District 1 (Boston)

1883: District 1 (Boston)

1911: District 1 (Boston)

1927: District 1 (Boston)

LINKS

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