StJohnB
FIRST LODGE / SAINT JOHN'S LODGE (Boston)
Location: Boston
Chartered By: Henry Price
Charter Date: 07/30/1733 I-2
Precedence Date: 07/30/1733
Current Status: Active
NOTES
The oldest lodge in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, St. John's Lodge Boston was granted the first charter by Grand Master Henry Price in St. John's Grand Lodge in 1733. Its history is inextricably linked with that Grand Lodge's history, and its records are commingled in Volume I of the Proceedings.
According to a note in the 1953 Proceedings (Page 1953-199), this Lodge was formally called "First Lodge" until 1783, when "Second Lodge" was merged into it. (This would be the first recorded merger in the history of the Craft in Massachusetts.)
Fourth Estate Lodge merged here, 05/23/1985.
YEARS
1733 -> 1791
1793 1805 1826 1848 1855 1857 1860 1863 1867 1869 1870 1872 1873 1874 1876 1877 1878 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1888 1891 1892 1895 1896 1898 1899 1900 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1931 1933 1936 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 1953 1954 1955 1958 1960 1962 1965 1966 1968 1970 1972 1977 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1990 1991 1992 1998 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2011
DISTRICTS
1803: District 1 (Boston)
1821: District 1
1867: District 1 (Boston)
