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LAFAYETTE LODGE (North Adams)

Location: North Adams

Chartered By: Simon W. Robinson

Charter Date: 01/08/1849 V-214

Precedence Date: 07/08/1847

Current Status: merged with Greylock Lodge to form Lafayette-Greylock Lodge, 04/25/1988.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1847
• Petition for Charter: 1848
• Consolidation Petition (with Greylock Lodge): 1987

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1947 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1882 (Lawrence)
• 1885 (Howland)
• 1904 (Sanford; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1913 (Benton)
• 1916 (M. Johnson)
• 1925 (Ferrell)
• 1929 (H. Dean; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1931 (H. Dean)
• 1937 (Allen; reception for Junior Grand Warden William Hamilton)
• 1939 (Perry)
• 1947 (Wragg; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1988 (Ames; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1874 1888 1905 1913 1917 1919 1920 1926 1927 1928 1936 1938 1940 1948 1951 1969 1971 1974 1981 1985

HISTORY

• [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1947 1947 (Centenary History, 1947-112)

OTHER

• 1895 (Participation in the Centenary of Evening Star Lodge, 1895-79)
• 1896 (Participation in the Centenary of Cincinnatus Lodge, 1896-166)
• 1906 (Establishment of jurisdiction, 1906-60)

EVENTS

OFFICER LIST, JANUARY 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XIX, No. 4, February 1860, Page 128:

Officers of Lafayette Lodge, North Adams, Mass., for 1860.-

• Abel Wetherbee, W. M.
• Jerome B. Jackson, S W.
• Sylvander Johnson, J. W.
• Orrin C. Woodward, Treas.
• L. C. Homer, Sec.
• John Porter, S. D.
• Richard Welch, J. D.
• E. S. Hawkes, Chaplain.
• H. W. Paul Marshal.
• Thos. Holbrook, W. H. Phillips, Stewards.
• Abner Younglove, Tyler.

HALL DEDICATION, JUNE 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 9, July 1866, Page 253:

Wilson House, where the reception was held

NEW HALL AT NORTH ADAMS.

The new hall of Lafayette Lodge, at North Adams, in Berkshire oounty, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge on Wednesday, the 19th June last. The ceremonies were performed by the M. W. Charles C. Dame, Grand Master, assisted by P. G. Master Parkman, as D. G. M.; R. W. Wm. Sutton, S. G. W.; R. W. Chas. W. Moore, as J. G. W.; Bro. Wm. Lumb, as G. Sec.; R. W. Rev. J. W. Dadmun, G. Chaplain; W. Bro. L. L. Tarbell, as G. Marahal. The occasion was one of more than ordinary interest. It was the first time for many years that the Grand Lodge proper had made an official visit to the extreme western county of the State; and its appearance on the present occa sion was looked forward to with increased interest, and the arrangements for the reception were made accordingly. We are told that a larger number of brethren were present in the procession than were ever before brought together in the county on any previous occasion, public or private. The num ber was about five hundred, including several Lodges, Chapters, and the Springfield Encampment, the latter doing the escort duty. The town w crowded with visitors from the neighboring villages, to most of whom the parade was new. The procession, which was finely and efficiently marshaled by Bro. Tarbell, moved through the principal streets to the Baptist Church, where an excellent and appropriate address was delivered by Rev. Bro. Dadmun. The speaker occupied an hour and five minutes, and was listened to with unabated interest to the close. The procession was then again formed, and moved to the Wilson House, a large and elegant new hotel, in the upper part of which the Masonic Hall is located. It is a fine, spacious room, with convenient apartments, and is richly and tastefully furnished. The brethren have been liberal in their expenditures, and may justly pride themselves on having the most elegant Hall in the State west of the Connecticut River. The Lodge has been very prosperous, and is located in one of the most romantic and thriving towns in New England. Our visit was an exceedingly agreeable one; and we regret that our limits do not allow of a more particular mention of the kindnesses of which the Grand Lodge and its members personally were the recipients.

MEMORIALS

ABEL WETHERBEE, 1779-1864

• MM 1827, Jerusalem
• Charter Member, WM 1849-1851, 1860-1862, Lafayette (North Adams)

We trust not to be thought to improperly intrude on the sanctity of private correspondence by giving to our readers the following beautiful and touching letter from the accomplished widow of a beloved Brother, lately deceased :—

North Adams, May 29th, 1864.

To the G. Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts — Charles W. Moore —

Dear Sir— A notice of a Quarterly Communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, is received, addressed to A. Wetherbee. He died on the 6th of April, and the Masons buried him with the Masonic grand honors, on a Berkshire hill-side, looking to the East. The very little I know of Masonry, with a memory of my husband's ardent attachment to the Institution, causes me to feel it a significant and proper place for a true Mason to rest in.

The highest praise that cm be given to any Institution is the cordial support of a good man. Those who knew my husband thought him such, and he ever manifested a warm attachment to Masonry.

My daughter joins me in respectful attachment for an Institution which her father loved, and honored by bis daily life.

Yours, respectfully, Mrs. A. Wetherbee.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Harold R. Amato, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1972, 1973; SN
• Harold E. Byam, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1932, 1933; SN
• Donald O. Canedy, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1962, 1963; SN
• Henry Chickering, DDGM, District 9 (Pittsfield), 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1862
• David B. Dunham, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1917, 1918; Memorial
• George B. Fisher, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1904; SN
• Alexander W. Fulton, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1897, 1898; SN
• William J. Geddes, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1924, 1925; SN
• Duncan MacNaughton, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1942, 1943; N
• Frederick E. White, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1893, 1894; SN
• Samuel Wood, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1952, 1953; N

DISTRICTS

1847: District 9

1849: District 9

1867: District 9 (Pittsfield)

1883: District 14 (North Adams)

1911: District 15 (North Adams)

1927: District 15 (North Adams)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges