HydePark

HYDE PARK LODGE

Location: Hyde Park

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 12/13/1866 VII-109

Precedence Date: 02/01/1866

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

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PAST MASTERS

• Enoch P. Davis, 1866, 1867
• Charles F. Gerry, 1868, 1869
• William H. Jordan, 1870, 1871
• Henry S. Bunton, 1872, 1873; Mem
• Fergus A. Eastern, 1874, 1875
• William H. Ingersoll, 1876, 1877
• Charles H. Colby, 1878, 1879
• John R. Ross, 1880, 1881
• Stephen B. Balkam, 1882, 1883
• Henry N. Bates, 1884, 1885
• James F. Mooar, 1886, 1887
• Henry F. Howard, 1888
• Albert E. Bradley, 1889, 1890; Mem
• Robert Scott, Jr., 1891, 1892
• Asa J. Adams, 1893, 1894
• Joseph King Knight, 1895
• Daniel E. Cluff, 1896, 1897
• George H. Rausch, 1898, 1899
• Henry F. Arnold, 1900, 1901
• William H. Barritt, 1902, 1903
• Prince W. Taylor, 1904, 1905
• Edward J. Ellis, 1906, 1907; Mem
• Wallace M. Rhodes, 1908, 1909
• George E. Leason, 1910, 1911
• Emerseon Rice, 1912, 1913
• Frederick G. Katzmann, 1914, 1915; N
• Edward K. Ellis, 1916, 1917
• Horace E. Ayres, 1918, 1919
• Charles B. House, 1920, 1921
• Alden B. Hefler, 1922, 1923; Mem
• Arthur E. Campbell, 1924, 1925
• John S. Stressenger, 1926, 1927
• George M. King, 1928
• Howard F. Cluff, 1929, 1930; N
• Harold V. Eldredge, 1931, 1932
• Walter E. Carlton, 1933, 1934
• Merton L. Briggs, 1935, 1936
• F. Henry Caffin, 1937
• Hartley A. Hurlbert, 1938, 1939
• Kirke E. Walker, 1940, 1941
• Rufus L. Briggs, 1942
• Walter E. Hawley, 1943, 1944; SN
• G. George Larsson, 1945, 1946
• Carlton T. MacLellan, 1947, 1948
• Wendell S. Parker, 1949
• Archibald S. Hicks, 1950
• Herbert R. Dimmick, 1951
• Gordon W. Weddleton, 1952; N
• Charles F. Carroll, 1953
• George M. Bailey, 1954, 1955
• Walter F. Nicholson, 1956
• George I. Towner, 1957
• George E. Dowling, 1958
• David J. Puccio, 1959, 1961
• Wendell A. Derry, 1960
• Edgar Brenc, 1962, 1981
• Walter A. Keppler, 1963
• Arthur L. MacDonald, Jr., 1964
• Hartley G. Batchelder, Jr., 1965
• George Ktona, 1966
• Thomas B. Cochrane, 1967
• James P. Mills, 1968; SN
• William A. Kells, Jr., 1969
• Robert O. Rittenberg, 1970
• Richard Ogilvie, 1971, 1978; PDDGM
• Raymond W. Mello, Jr., 1972
• Donald B. Pettersen, 1973, 1980
• Raynard Braverman, 1974; SN
• Charles M. Myers, 1975
• George R. Kerr, Jr., 1976, 1979
• Alan Markovitz, 1977, 1984
• Dieter H. Klohn, 1982, 1983
• Sidney E. Shuman, 1985, 1986

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1866
• Petition for Charter: 1866
• Consolidation Petition (with Eliot Lodge): 1986

ANNIVERSARIES

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

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1881 (Lawrence; installation)
• 1883 (Lawrence; memorial service for Rt. Wor. Timothy Phelps)
• 1885 (Howland; hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
• 1895 (Holmes)
• 1941 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1966 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1974 (Vose; Grand Masonic Ball)
• 1975 (Maxwell; 2 visits; Blood Donors' Night and Ladies' Night)
• 1976 (Maxwell)
• 1977 (Maxwell)
• 1984 (Richardson; Ground breaking ceremony)
• 1986 (Richardson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1874 1879 1887 1908 1917 1921 1922 1926 1927 1936 1942 1951 1958 1965 1967 1968 1970 1975

HISTORY

• 1941 (75th Anniversary History, 1941-19)
• 1966 (Centenary History, 1966-149)

OTHER

• 1911 (Petition on jurisdiction; 1911-222)
• 1912 (Petition on jurisdiction; 1912-36)
• 1919 (Petition on release of jurisdiction; 1919-197)
• 1937 (Petition on reduction of fees; 1937-149)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Albert E. Bradley, DDGM, District 22 (Hyde Park), 1895; Memorial
• Raynard Braverman, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1981, 1982; SN
• Henry S. Bunton, DDGM, District 13 (Dedham), 1882;District 22 (Hyde Park), 1883; Memorial
• Howard F. Cluff, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1935, 1936; N
• Edward J. Ellis, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1913, 1914; Memorial
• Walter E. Hawley, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1945, 1946; SN
• Alden B. Hefler, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1929, 1930; Memorial
• Frederick G. Katzmann, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1917, 1918; N
• James P. Mills, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1975, 1976; SN
• Richard Ogilvie, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1991, 1992
• Gordon W. Weddleton, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1955, 1956; N

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DISTRICTS

1866: District 12

1867: District 13 (Taunton)

1877: District 13 (Dedham)

1883: District 22 (Hyde Park)

1911: District 25 (Hyde Park)

1927: District 25 (Hyde Park)

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