Meridian
MERIDIAN LODGE
Location: Watertown; Needham (1811); Newton Lower Falls (1824); Watertown (1835?); Newton Lower Falls (1843); Natick (1852)
Chartered By: Paul Revere
Charter Date: 12/12/1797 II-112
Precedence Date: 12/12/1797
Current Status: Active
NOTES
Meridian Lodge was originally chartered in Watertown and removed several times before arriving at its present site in Natick.
Includes Maugus Hill Lodge, chartered 1957, merged 1999.
PAST MASTERS
- William Hull, 1797
- Nathaniel Weld, 1798-1799
- Joseph Pierce, 1800
- William Bond, 1801-1803
- Peter Lynn, 1804-1810
- William Starr, 1811
- Issac Train, 1812
- Seth Dewing, 1813-1819
- Chester Adams, 1820
- Charles Rice, 1821-1822
- Records Lost, 1824-51
- Malachi Babecock, 1852, 1855-1857, 1862
- John Wilson, 1853-1854
- George L. Sleeper, 1858-1859
- Ezekial B. Phillips, 1860
- Alvin Fuller, 1861
- James H. Parker, 1863-1868
- Henry C. Burnham, 1869-1871
- William H. Wright, 1872-1873
- Daniel Henry Lawrence Gleason, 1874
- George J. Townsend, 1875-1876
- Silas H. Bent, 1877-1879
- Edward H. Wilson, 1880-1881
- Henry Gage Wood, 1882-1883
- Frederick Lewis, 1884-1885
- Charles C. Henry, 1886-1887
- James H. Gilligan, 1888-1889
- Chester F. Soule, 1890
- Elwin C. Huntoon, 1891-1893
- Wilmont W. Mitchell, 1894-1895
- Marshalim L. Perin, 1896-1897
- James Downs, 1898-1899
- Samual W. Simpson, 1900
- Francis C. Perry, 1901-1902
- Eward E. Henry, 1903-1904
- Alfred B. Underwood, 1905-1906
- Winfield S. Daniels, 1907-1908
- Robert J. Montgomery, 1909
- William B. Pratt, 1910-1911
- George McKenny, 1912-1913
- William A. Laughton, 1914-1915
- Francis C. Cutting, 1916-1917
- Ernest C. Bragdon, 1918-1919
- William A. Atwood, 1920-1921
- Walter H. Wright, 1922
- Williams S. McRobert, 1923-1924
- James E. White, 1925-1926
- Alexander J. Montgomery, 1927-1928
- Burns L. Fish, 1929
- Frederick H. Buckley, 1930-1931
- John Keays, 1932-1933
- Frank C. Bennett, 1934-1935
- Harry S. Spinney, 1936
- Alfred E. Edwards, 1937-1939
- Whitman C. Densmore, 1940
- Burton W. Wright, 1941
- Walter C. Ward, 1942
- George G. Shipp, 1943
- Burnham G. Gage, 1944
- William M. Stacy, 1945
- Harry D. Baker, 1946
- Reginald V. Yeomans, 1947
- Clarence C. Eldrige, 1948
- Arnold H. Baker, 1949
- Ralph A. Hall, 1950
- Chester E. Johnson, 1951
- Edward A. Olson, 1952
- E. Melville Westgate, 1953
- Chester Mosman, 1954
- R.A. Fairbrother, Sr., 1955
- Stanley H. Deane, 1956
- Walter DeMelle, 1957
- Frank A. Crowe, 1958
- James R. Wooley, 1959
- Russell H. Hooker, 1960
- John A. LaRhette, 1961
- John E. King, 1962
- Albert T. Ames, 1963
- Harold H. Brandt, 1964
- Richard B. Johnson, III, 1965
- Bruce W. Miller, 1966
- James R. Crowley, 1967
- Clarence K. Brayton, 1968
- Eugene H. Ames, Jr., 1969
- Howard G. Hedderig, 1970
- Arthur L. Lipman, 1971
- Robert F. Faulkner, 1972
- Charles J. Ames, 1973
- David K. Allen, 1974
- Norman V. Giffin, Sr., 1975
- Hoken L. Enquist, 1976
- Robert A. Howatt, 1977
- Richard A. Brandt, 1978
- George L. Baldwin, 1979
- John R. Bruce, 1980
- James W. Thrasher, 1981-1982
- Albert F. Smith, 1983
- Norman L. Phillips, 1984
- Raymond E. Higgins, 1985
- Gerald R. Lever, 1986
- Mark Kaprielian, 1987
- J. Herbert Babst, 1988
- Ronald F. Wood, 1989
- Wayne T. Szetter, 1990
- Courtney D. Williams, 1991
- Charles F. Nassau III, 1992
- Henry J. Mimonski, 1993
- Douglas H. Deane, 1994
- Gregg D. Giffin, 1995
- Reginald S. Leese, 1996
- Edwin C. Sloper, 1997
- Peter Pilla, 1998
- James H. Campbell, 1999
- Donald E. Glencross, 2000
- Richard P. Brita, 2001
- Steven A. Perkins, 2002
- Charles D. Lloyd, 2003
- Jeffrey H. Phillips, 2004
- Richard D. Ames, 2005
- John M. Vining, 2006-2007
- John G. Brainard, 2008-2009
See also the Past Masters of Maugus Hill Lodge, which merged into this Lodge in 1999.
YEARS
1797 1811 1820 1824 1827 1843 1862 1869 1870 1875 1876 1881 1884 1889 1890 1895 1898 1904 1907 1909 1911 1912 1913 1920 1922 1924 1925 1927 1932 1933 1936 1937 1939 1940 1941 1947 1949 1952 1964 1965 1973 1976 1979 1980 1981 1987 1989 1991 1993 1994 1997 1998 1999 2004 2005 2008
DISTRICTS
1803: District 1 (Boston)
1821: District 9
1867: District 4 (Cambridge)
1883: District 21 (Framingham)
1911: District 23 (Milford)
1927: District 23 (Natick)
