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LIBERTY LODGE

Location: Beverly

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 06/19/1824 III-484

Precedence Date: 06/19/1824

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

PICTURES FROM THE 1974 HISTORY

The following pictures appear in the 150th Anniversary History of the Lodge published in 1974. Past Masters with pictures below are marked with a © above. (As more pictures are available, they can be added here.)

William Alcock, Frederick Allen, Charles Barter, Bryant Besse

Alexander Black, Alexander W.D. Black, William Black, William Brooks

Hollis Cameron, Lawrence Carlson, John Carter, Harland Cate

Frank Cleaves, Owen Curtis, Fred Dodge, William Driver

Jesse Dutelle, Isaac Edgett, Clarence Edwards, Samuel Endicott

William Galloupe, George Gray, Charles Greenough, Harry Grout

John Harris, Edwin Haskell, Kimball Hayes, Carl Herrick

Luther Herrick, John B. Hill, John B. Hill (1939), John F. Hill

J. Gregory Hill, Robert Ireland, George Jeffs, Donald Kenney

Douglas Littlehale, Whitney Lundgren, Paul Lunn, Robert Lunn

Hervey Lunt, James Maguire, George Manson, John Martyn

Albert May, John Miller, William Moody, Franklin Murray

Albert Nash, Ernest Newhall, Edward Ober, William Parker

Albert Patard, Kenneth Pendleton, Albert Phillips, Benjamin Pierce

Winthrop Porter, Gilbert Prescott, Rodney Preston, Ellis Purinton

Jesse Sheldon, Fred Sherman, George Sinnicks, Harry Smith

Walter Smith, George Spear, Augustus Stevens, Samuel Tappan

S. Lothrop Thorndike, Russell Tirrell, David Twiss, Richard Winchester

Charles Woodberry

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1824
• Constitution of Lodge: 1824 (by Rt. Wor. Joseph G. Sprague, District Deputy Grand Master)

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1924 (Centenary)
• 1949 (125th Anniversary)
• 1974 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1868 (Dame; Dedication of hall and installation)
• 1882 (Lawrence; 2 visits)
• 1883 (Lawrence)
• 1891 (Wells; Washington's Birthday)
• 1900 (Gallagher)
• 1905 (Sanford; commemoration of the birth of George Washington; Earl of Londsborough present)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1908 (Blake; Annual Festival)
• 1910 (Flanders; Washington's Birthday)
• 1911 (Flanders; Washington's Birthday)
• 1912 (Benton; President Taft in attendance)
• 1916 (M. Johnson)
• 1918 (L. Abbott; Washington's Birthday)
• 1924 (Ferrell; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1929 (By Junior Grand Warden Harry P. Jackson; Washington's Birthday)
• 1930 (By Senior Grand Warden George R. Winsor; Washington's Birthday)
• 1945 (Wragg; Washington's Birthday)
• 1949 (Keith; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1953 (Roy; 2 visits: Washington's Birthday and reception for Junior Grand Warden Edmund G. Haskell)
• 1953 (W. Johnson; 2 visits: Washington's Birthday and visit by Washington-Alexandria Lodge #22)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1974 (Vose; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell)
• 1987 (Ames; Washington's Birthday)
• 1998 (A. Johnson)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1871 1873 1879 1883 1884 1885 1892 1895 1898 1905 1906 1912 1913 1914 1917 1918 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1928 1931 1937 1945 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1970 1973 1975 1977 1978 1984 2006 2009 2011

HISTORY

• 1924 (History of Masonry in Beverly, 1779-1824, 1924-196)
• 1949 (125th Anniversary History, 1949-117)
• 1974 (150th Anniversary History 1924-1974, 1974-84) Note: an anniversary volume was prepared for this anniversary; pictures from this book appear above.

OTHER

• 1900 (Memorial on behalf of the lodge for the Earl of Londesborough, Past Senior Grand Warden of the U.G.L.E.; presented in Grand Lodge, 1900-101)
• 1911 (Cornerstone laying in Beverly; 1911-31)
• 1919 (Appeal of Jurisdiction dispute with John T. Heard Lodge, 1919-197)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Frederick W. Allen, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1964, 1965; SN
• Alan B. Ayers, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1988, 1989; N
• Edmund G. Haskell, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1940, 1941; Junior Grand Warden 1953; N
• Luther S. Herrick, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1903, 1904; SN
• John B. Hill, DDGM, District 5 (Salem), 1879, 1880;
• J. Gregory A. Hill, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1996, 1997; SN
• John J. Maihos, DDGM, District 10, 2010, 2011
• William H. Parker, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1928, 1929; SN
• Rodney W. Preston, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1976, 1977; N
• George A. Sinnicks, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1948, 1949; N
• Walter H. Smith, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1913, 1914; Memorial
• S. Lothrop Thorndike; Deputy Grand Master 1895
• Russell C. Tirrell, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1952, 1953; N

DISTRICTS

1824: District 2 (North Shore)

1834: District 2 (North Shore)

1849: District 2

1867: District 5 (Salem)

1883: District 8 (Salem)

1911: District 9 (Gloucester)

1927: District 9 (Gloucester)

2003: District 10

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges